Steinbruch an Nordöstlicher Flanke Weiltal, Freienfels, Profil E (Devonian of Germany)

Also known as Reef 1590

Where: Hessen, Germany (50.5° N, 8.3° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 16.4° S, 13.7° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• 20 m Profile

•Conodont: middle varcus zone

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; black floatstone

• the black limestones conform the Bankfazies (Schwelm Fazies) KREBS 1974

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, peel or thin section

Primary reference: W. Buggisch and E. Fluegel. 1992. Mittel bis oberdevonische Karbonate auf Blatt Weilburg (Rheinisches Schiefergebirge) und in Randgebieten: Initialstadien der Riffentwicklung auf Vulkanschwellen. Geologisches Jahrbuch Hessen 120:77-97 [W. Kiessling/F. Reichel/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 77748: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Falko Reichel on 18.01.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Scoliopora sp.
Scoliopora sp. Lang et al. 1940 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora sp.
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831 tabulate coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
Stachyodes verticillata, Stachyodes caespitosa, Stachyodes costulata
Stachyodes verticillata stromatoporoid sponge
Stachyodes caespitosa stromatoporoid sponge
Stachyodes costulata Lecompte 1952 stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Syringostromatidae
Syringostroma cf. clathrocoilona
Syringostroma cf. clathrocoilona stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora cooperi, Stromatopora sp.
Stromatopora cooperi stromatoporoid sponge
Stromatopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 stromatoporoid sponge
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Codiaceae
Litanaia sp.
Litanaia sp. Maslov 1956
Pseudopalaeoporella
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Pseudopalaeoporella sp.
Pseudopalaeoporella sp. Buggisch and Fluegel 1992