Eschenbach-Bocksberg Quarry [Hunsrück Slate, Kaub Fm] (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Germany (49.8° N, 7.4° E: paleocoordinates 36.5° S, 41.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kaub Formation, Emsian (407.6 - 393.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Hunsrück Slate, of the Kaub Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Emsian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in local section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

• ENVIRONMENT: Marine siliciclastic setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Slate. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of facies description and figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with pyrite, replaced with phosphate

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Not stated in text. REPOSITORY: Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz, Germany.

Primary reference: G. Kühl, D. E. G. Briggs, and J. Rust. 2009. A great-appendage arthropod with a radial mouth from the Lower Devonian Hunsrück Slate, Germany. Science 323:771 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87126: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 05.03.2009

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to single taxon described in publication. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species resolution identification and modern nomenclature.
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 Radiodonta - Hurdiidae
Schinderhannes bartelsi
Schinderhannes bartelsi Kühl et al. 2009