Mühlental II, 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 limestone and lithified bindstone

• light grey micritic limestones just below the dark grey limestones

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 82562: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.07.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolitidae indet.
Alveolitidae indet. Duncan 1872 tabulate coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Clathrocoilona sp.
Clathrocoilona sp. Yavorsky 1931 stromatoporoid sponge
 Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
Amphipora sp., Amphipora cf. angusta, Amphipora ex gr. laxeperforata, Amphipora ramosa, Amphipora cf. ramosa
Amphipora sp. Schulz 1883 stromatoporoid sponge
Amphipora cf. angusta stromatoporoid sponge
Amphipora ex gr. laxeperforata stromatoporoid sponge
ex gr. laxeperforata-pervesiculata
Amphipora ramosa Phillips 1841 stromatoporoid sponge
Amphipora cf. ramosa Phillips 1841 stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
Stachyodes sp.
Stachyodes sp. Bargatzky 1881 stromatoporoid sponge
 Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Actinostroma sp., Actinostroma clathratum
Actinostroma sp. Nicholson 1886 stromatoporoid sponge
Actinostroma clathratum stromatoporoid sponge
Foraminifera
 Fusulinina - Bisphaeridae
Bisphaera sp.
 Fusulinina - Archaesphaeridae
? Vicinesphaera sp.