Mühlental IV, 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 floatstone and lithified bindstone

• light grey floatstones, bindstones and rudstone-grainstones just above the dark grey limestones

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 82564: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.07.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
? Murchisonia sp.
? Murchisonia sp. d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1841 snail
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida -
Pentamerida indet.
Pentamerida indet. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
 Terebratulida - Stringocephalidae
? Stringocephalus sp.
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolitidae indet., Scoliopora denticulata, Alveolitella cavernosa
Alveolitidae indet. Duncan 1872 tabulate coral
Scoliopora denticulata Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 tabulate coral
Alveolitella cavernosa tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora cf. reticulata
Thamnopora cf. reticulata Blainville 1830 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Roemerolites cf. exornatus
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet.
Rugosa indet. horn coral
 Stauriida - Stauriidae
Dendrostella trigemme
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Stromatoporella sp., Clathrocoilona spissa, Dendrostroma oculatum
Stromatoporella sp. Nicholson 1886 stromatoporoid sponge
Clathrocoilona spissa Lecompte 1951 stromatoporoid sponge
Dendrostroma oculatum stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Trupetostromatidae
Hermatostroma sp., Hermatostroma schlueteri, Hermatostroma episcopale, Hermatostroma porosum, Trupetostroma sp.
Hermatostroma sp. Nicholson 1886 stromatoporoid sponge
Hermatostroma schlueteri stromatoporoid sponge
Hermatostroma episcopale stromatoporoid sponge
Hermatostroma porosum stromatoporoid sponge
Trupetostroma sp. Parks 1936 stromatoporoid sponge
 Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
Amphipora sp., Amphipora angusta, Amphipora ex gr. laxeperforata, Amphipora ramosa, Amphipora cf. ramosa
Amphipora sp. Schulz 1883 stromatoporoid sponge
Amphipora 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
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora concentrica
Stromatopora concentrica stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
Stachyodes sp., Stachyodes (Stachyodes) verticillata, Stachyodes (Stachyodes) cf. caespitosa, Stachyodes (Stachyodes) cf. costulata
Stachyodes sp. Bargatzky 1881 stromatoporoid sponge
Stachyodes (Stachyodes) cf. costulata Lecompte 1952 stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Syringostromatidae
Parallelopora sp.
Parallelopora sp. Bargatzky 1881 stromatoporoid sponge
 Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Actinostroma sp., Actinostroma clathratum, Actinostroma crassepilatum, Actinostroma perlaminatum
Actinostroma sp. Nicholson 1886 stromatoporoid sponge
Actinostroma clathratum stromatoporoid sponge
Actinostroma crassepilatum stromatoporoid sponge
Actinostroma perlaminatum stromatoporoid sponge
Foraminifera
 Fusulinina - Bisphaeridae
Bisphaera sp.
 Fusulinina - Archaesphaeridae
? Vicinesphaera sp.