Hohenlimburg (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (51.4° N, 7.6° E: paleocoordinates 22.1° S, 7.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Baenderschiefer Formation, Late/Upper Givetian (380.2 - 382.7 Ma)

• Upper Givetian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified marl

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 81740: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.07.2008

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Kyphophyllidae
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
"Temnophyllum cf. occidentale" = Spinophyllum occidentale
"Temnophyllum cf. occidentale" = Spinophyllum occidentale Hill and Jell 1970 horn coral
 Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
 Stauriida - Stringophyllidae
? Stringophyllum sp. Wedekind 1922 horn coral