Burgberg quarry, near Brilon reef (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.4° N, 8.7° E: paleocoordinates 21.5° S, 7.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• Polygnathus varcus zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified shale and lithified packstone

• Deposition close to Brilon reef (peri-reef)
• black shale layer in a succession of calcareous debris flows.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Primary reference: J. Maletz. 2006. Middle Devonian dendroid graptolites from the Brilon Reef area (Rheinisches Schiefergebirge, Germany). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 80(3):221-229 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 66898: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 23.10.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Anisograptidae
? Ruedemannograptus sp.
? Ruedemannograptus sp. Termier and Termier 1948 graptolite
 Dendroidea - Acanthograptidae
Dictyonema "sp. A", Dictyonema "sp. B", Dictyonema "sp. C", Dictyonema "sp. D"
Dictyonema "sp. A" Hall 1851 graptolite
Dictyonema "sp. B" Hall 1851 graptolite
Dictyonema "sp. C" Hall 1851 graptolite
Dictyonema "sp. D" Hall 1851 graptolite