Eikamp, Bergisch-Gladbach (Devonian of Germany)

Also known as Reef 3826

Where: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (51.0° N, 7.2° E: paleocoordinates 22.4° S, 7.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Steinknippen Member (Torringen Formation), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• also known as "Honseler Kalk" and "quadrigeminus beds"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• reefal limestones rich in stromatoporoids, tabulate and rugose corals

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: S. Schröder. 2005. Stratigraphie und Systematik rugoser Korallen aus dem Givetium und Unter-Frasnium des Rheinischen Schiefergebirges (Sauerland/Bergisches Land) [Stratigraphy and systematics of rugose corals from the Givetian and Lower Frasnian of the Rheinisches Schiefergebirge (Sauerland/Bergisches Land)]. Zitteliana B 25:39-116 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 81727: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.07.2008

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Spinatrypina sp. Rzhonsnitskaya 1964
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
 Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
 Stauriida - Stringophyllidae
 Rugosa - Charactophyllidae
 Favositida - Coenitidae
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Spongioalveolites minor n. gen. n. sp. Iven 1980 tabulate coral
Subalveolites parvicorallitus Iven 1980 tabulate coral
Alveolites pseudorbicularis n. sp. Iven 1980 tabulate coral
Alveolitella cavernosa tabulate coral
Scoliopora denticulata Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Heliolitidae
Heliolites porosus Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral
subsp. bergeri