Villmar [Stringocephalenkalk] (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Germany (50.4° N, 8.2° E: paleocoordinates 22.5° S, 8.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Stringocephalenkalk, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Givetian; justification not stated in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Limestone. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MCZ

• COLLECTPR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: MCZ.

Primary reference: R. D. Hoare. 2002. New genera of Paleozoic Polyplacophora (Mollusca). Journal of Paleontology 76(3):570-573 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91432: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.09.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGEL: Limited to some polyplacophorans. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Polyplacophora
 Paleoloricata - Helminthochitonidae
Diadelochiton recauvus n. gen. n. sp.
Diadelochiton recauvus n. gen. n. sp. chiton