Mühlental III, 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 bafflestone and lithified floatstone

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

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 82563: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.07.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Deuteropoda
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Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Stringocephalidae
Stringocephalus sp., Stringocephalus (Stringodiscus) sp.
unclassified
  -
Echinodermata indet.
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Scoliopora denticulata
Scoliopora denticulata Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 tabulate coral
 Tabulata -
? Auloporida indet.
? Auloporida indet. Sokolov 1947 tabulate coral
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet.
Rugosa indet. horn coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Clathrocoilona spissa, Stictostroma lensiforme
Clathrocoilona spissa Lecompte 1951 stromatoporoid sponge
Stictostroma lensiforme stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Trupetostromatidae
Hermatostroma schlueteri
Hermatostroma schlueteri stromatoporoid sponge
 Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
Amphipora sp., Amphipora angusta, Amphipora ramosa
Amphipora sp. Schulz 1883 stromatoporoid sponge
Amphipora angusta stromatoporoid sponge
Amphipora ramosa Phillips 1841 stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
Stachyodes sp., Stachyodes (Stachyodes) verticillata, Stachyodes (Stachyodes) cf. verticillata, Stachyodes (Stachyodes) costulata
Stachyodes sp. Bargatzky 1881 stromatoporoid sponge
Stachyodes (Stachyodes) costulata Lecompte 1952 stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Syringostromatidae
Syringostroma sp.
Syringostroma sp. Nicholson 1865 stromatoporoid sponge
 Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Actinostroma perlaminatum
Actinostroma perlaminatum stromatoporoid sponge
Foraminifera
 Fusulinina - Bisphaeridae
? Bisphaera sp.