Moosspringtal, Brilon (Devonian of Germany)

Also known as Reef 1462

Where: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (51.5° N, 8.6° E: paleocoordinates 21.7° S, 7.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Brilon Massenkalk Formation, Late/Upper Givetian (380.2 - 382.7 Ma)

• Upper Givetian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified floatstone and lithified bafflestone

• biostromes in a lagoonal environment
• dark grey bafflestones, floatstones and wackestones

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: A. May. 1987. Der Massenkalk (Devon) nördlich von Brilon (Sauerland) [The Devonian Massenkalk north of Brilon (Sauerland)]. Geologie und Paläontologie in Westfalen 10:51-84 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 82483: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 28.07.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Pentameridae
Pentameridae indet.
 Terebratulida - Stringocephalidae
? Stringocephalus sp.
unclassified
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Echinodermata indet.
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Coenitidae
Platyaxum (Egosiella) aff. gracile
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolitidae indet., Scoliopora denticulata, Alveolites sp., Alveolites crassus, Alveolites suborbicularis
Alveolitidae indet. Duncan 1872 tabulate coral
Scoliopora denticulata Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 tabulate coral
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral
Alveolites crassus tabulate coral
Alveolites suborbicularis Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral
subsp. suborbicularis
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora micropora
Thamnopora micropora tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Caunopora sp.
Caunopora sp. Phillips 1841 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Disphyllum sp., Disphyllum caespitosum
Disphyllum sp. Fromentel 1861 horn coral
Disphyllum caespitosum Goldfuss 1826 horn coral
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Pexiphyllum ex gr. rectum
Pexiphyllum ex gr. rectum horn coral
ex gr. rectum-heterophylloides
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Stromatoporella cf. laminata, Clathrocoilona sp., Clathrocoilona spissa
Stromatoporella cf. laminata stromatoporoid sponge
Clathrocoilona sp. Yavorsky 1931 stromatoporoid sponge
Clathrocoilona spissa Lecompte 1951 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Trupetostromatidae
Hermatostroma cf. episcopale
Hermatostroma cf. episcopale stromatoporoid sponge
 Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
Amphipora angusta, Amphipora ramosa
Amphipora angusta stromatoporoid sponge
Amphipora ramosa Phillips 1841 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora ex gr. huepschii, Stromatopora cygnea
Stromatopora ex gr. huepschii Bargatzky 1881 stromatoporoid sponge
Stromatopora cygnea Stearn 1963 stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
Stachyodes sp., Stachyodes (Stachyodes) cf. verticillata, Stachyodes (Stachyodes) cf. paralleloporoides, Stachyodes (Keega) jonelrayi, Stachyodes (Stachyodes) costulata
Stachyodes sp. Bargatzky 1881 stromatoporoid sponge
Stachyodes (Keega) jonelrayi Stearn 1975 stromatoporoid sponge
Stachyodes (Stachyodes) costulata Lecompte 1952 stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Syringostromatidae
Parallelopora buecheliensis, Syringostroma sp.
Parallelopora buecheliensis stromatoporoid sponge
Syringostroma sp. Nicholson 1865 stromatoporoid sponge