Büchel, small quarry, Fp. Sr 123 (Devonian of Germany)

Also known as Reef 3827

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: Buechel Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• also known as Massenkalk Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• reefal limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: 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 81734: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.07.2008

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
"Mesophyllum (Cystiphylloides) secundum" = Cystiphylloides
"Mesophyllum (Cystiphylloides) secundum" = Cystiphylloides horn coral
subsp. secundum
 Stauriida - Stringophyllidae
Stringophyllum sp. Wedekind 1922 horn coral
? Sunophyllum sp. Wang 1948 horn coral
 Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
 Rugosa - Charactophyllidae
Spinophyllum spongiosum Schlüter 1889 horn coral
Spinophyllum cf. spongiosum Schlüter 1889 horn coral
Temnophyllum latum horn coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolitella schladensis Iven 1980 tabulate coral
Spongioalveolites minor Iven 1980 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Heliolitidae
Heliolites porosus Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral
subsp. schladensis