Quarry Operich, Büdesheim, Eifel Hills (Devonian of Germany)

Also known as Reef 1725

Where: Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany (50.2° N, 6.6° E: paleocoordinates 23.5° S, 7.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wallersheim Formation, Late/Upper Givetian (380.2 - 382.7 Ma)

• probably "Hengscheid reef" just below the base of the Ammelsbüsch Member, Upper Givetian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• stromatoporoid bioherms, 3-4 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: U. Jux. 1960. Die devonischen Riffe im Rheinischen Schiefergebirge [The Devonian reefs of the Rheinisches Schiefergebirge]. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 110(2):186-258 [W. Kiessling/F. Reichel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 82565: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.07.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Heliolitida - Heliolitidae
Heliolitidae indet.
Heliolitidae indet. Lindström 1876 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favositidae indet.
Favositidae indet. Dana 1846 tabulate coral
 Rugosa - Charactophyllidae
? Alaiophyllum sp.
? Alaiophyllum sp. Goryanov 1961 horn coral
 Stauriida - Spongophyllidae
Battersbyia sp.
Battersbyia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 horn coral
 Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
Grypophyllum aff. gracile
Stromatoporoidea
 Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
Amphipora ramosa
Amphipora ramosa Phillips 1841 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora sp.
Stromatopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 stromatoporoid sponge
 Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Actinostroma sp.
Actinostroma sp. Nicholson 1886 stromatoporoid sponge