Mühlental I, Brilon (Devonian of Germany)

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: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified grainstone and lithified wackestone

• light grey arenitic grainstones, wackestones, floatstones and rudstones at the base of the Massenkalk, with echinoderm debris and brachiopods in coquinas

Size class: macrofossils

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 82561: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.07.2008

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
  -
? Puella sp.
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Meristidae
? Dicamara sp.
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris cf. concentrica
 Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
Undispirifer undiferus
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Mucrospirifer conjungens
 Terebratulida - Stringocephalidae
Newberria caiqua
 Rhynchonellida - Uncinulidae
? Fitzroyella sp.
 Rhynchonellida - Septalariidae
Septalaria descendens
 Rhynchonellida - Pugnacidae
Pugnax sp., Pugnax acuminatus
Pugnax acuminatus
cf. dillanus
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Spinatrypa (Exatrypa) tubaecostata, Spinatrypina (Spinatrypina) sp.
Spinatrypina (Spinatrypina) sp. Rzhonsnitskaya 1964
ex gr. soetenica-comitata
 Atrypida - Karpinskiidae
Mimatrypa cf. fretterensis
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria aff. similis
 Orthida - Mystrophoridae
Mystrophora sp.
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras compressum
Platyceras compressum Clarke and Swartz 1913 snail
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Holopella sp.
Holopella sp. M'Coy 1851 snail
Bivalvia
 Megalodontida - Megalodontidae
? Megalodon sp.
? Megalodon sp. Sowerby 1827 clam
listed as Megalodus sp.
unclassified
  -
Echinodermata indet.
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporellida - Trupetostromatidae
? Trupetostroma sp.
? Trupetostroma sp. Parks 1936 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Stromatoporella sp., Clathrocoilona sp., Clathrocoilona spissa, Stictostroma lensiforme
Stromatoporella sp. Nicholson 1886 stromatoporoid sponge
Clathrocoilona sp. Yavorsky 1931 stromatoporoid sponge
Clathrocoilona spissa Lecompte 1951 stromatoporoid sponge
Stictostroma lensiforme stromatoporoid sponge
 Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
Amphipora sp., Amphipora ex gr. laxeperforata, Amphipora cf. ramosa
Amphipora sp. Schulz 1883 stromatoporoid sponge
Amphipora ex gr. laxeperforata stromatoporoid sponge
ex gr. laxeperforata-pervesiculata
Amphipora cf. ramosa Phillips 1841 stromatoporoid sponge
 Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Actinostroma cf. clathratum
Actinostroma cf. clathratum stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora sp.
Stromatopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Syringostromatidae
Syringostroma sp.
Syringostroma sp. Nicholson 1865 stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
Stachyodes sp., Stachyodes (Stachyodes) caespitosa, Stachyodes (Keega) jonelrayi, Stachyodes (Stachyodes) costulata
Stachyodes sp. Bargatzky 1881 stromatoporoid sponge
Stachyodes (Stachyodes) caespitosa stromatoporoid sponge
Stachyodes (Keega) jonelrayi Stearn 1975 stromatoporoid sponge
Stachyodes (Stachyodes) costulata Lecompte 1952 stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolitidae indet., Alveolitella cavernosa, Alveolites sp., Alveolites suborbicularis
Alveolitidae indet. Duncan 1872 tabulate coral
Alveolitella cavernosa tabulate coral
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral
Alveolites suborbicularis Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral
subsp. suborbicularis
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora sp., Thamnopora cf. boloniensis, Thamnopora cf. irregularis
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831 tabulate coral
 Tabulata -
Auloporida indet.
Auloporida indet. Sokolov 1947 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Multithecoporidae
Syringoporella sp.
Syringoporella sp. Kettner 1934 tabulate coral
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet.
Rugosa indet. horn coral
 Stauriida - Acervulariidae
"Frechastraea pentagona" = Acervularia pentagona
"Frechastraea pentagona" = Acervularia pentagona Goldfuss 1826 horn coral
 Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
? Acanthophyllum sp.
? Acanthophyllum sp. Dybowski 1873 horn coral
 Stauriida - Cyathophyllidae
? Cyathophyllum sp.
? Cyathophyllum sp. Goldfuss 1826 horn coral
Foraminifera
 Fusulinina - Bisphaeridae
Bisphaera sp.
 Fusulinina - Parathuramminidae
Cribrosphaeroides sp.
 Fusulinina - Archaesphaeridae
Vicinesphaera sp.
Renalcis
  - Chabakoviacea
Renalcis sp.
Renalcis sp. Vologdin 1932