Quarry Flotsberg, Brilon (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (51.4° 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: perireef or subreef; lithified bindstone and lithified grainstone

• light grey micritic limestones below the biostromes

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 82485: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 28.07.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Renalcis
  - Chabakoviacea
Renalcis sp.
Renalcis sp. Vologdin 1932
Rothpletzella
  -
Rothpletzella devonica
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet.
Rugosa indet. horn coral
 Tabulata -
? Auloporida indet.
? Auloporida indet. Sokolov 1947 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolites sp.
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora sp.
Stromatopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 stromatoporoid sponge
 Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
Amphipora sp., Amphipora ex gr. laxeperforata, Amphipora ramosa
Amphipora sp. Schulz 1883 stromatoporoid sponge
Amphipora ex gr. laxeperforata stromatoporoid sponge
ex gr. laxeperforata-pervesiculata
Amphipora ramosa Phillips 1841 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Clathrocoilona sp., Clathrocoilona spissa, Stromatoporella sp.
Clathrocoilona sp. Yavorsky 1931 stromatoporoid sponge
Clathrocoilona spissa Lecompte 1951 stromatoporoid sponge
Stromatoporella sp. Nicholson 1886 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Trupetostromatidae
Trupetostroma sp., Hermatostroma sp., Hermatostroma schlueteri, Hermatostroma cf. episcopale
Trupetostroma sp. Parks 1936 stromatoporoid sponge
Hermatostroma sp. Nicholson 1886 stromatoporoid sponge
Hermatostroma schlueteri stromatoporoid sponge
Hermatostroma cf. episcopale stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Syringostromatidae
Syringostroma sp.
Syringostroma sp. Nicholson 1865 stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
Stachyodes sp., Stachyodes (Keega) jonelrayi
Stachyodes sp. Bargatzky 1881 stromatoporoid sponge
Stachyodes (Keega) jonelrayi Stearn 1975 stromatoporoid sponge
 Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Actinostroma clathratum
Actinostroma clathratum stromatoporoid sponge
Foraminifera
 Fusulinina - Bisphaeridae
Bisphaera sp.
 Fusulinina - Archaesphaeridae
Vicinesphaera sp.
 Fusulinina - Parathuramminidae
Parathurammina sp.