Also known as Reef 1481

Where: Nordrhein-Westfalen,, Germany (51.0° N, 7.5° E: paleocoordinates 23.8° S, 8.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hohenhöfer-Hohräcker Schichten Formation, Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• Sequence is 40 m thick.

•Thickest individual biostrome 17 m.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; gray limestone and marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: U. Jux. 1960. Die devonischen Riffe im Rheinischen Schiefergebirge [The Devonian reefs of the Rheinisches Schiefergebirge]. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 110(2):186-258 [W. Kiessling/F. Reichel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 77050: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Falko Reichel on 18.12.2007

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