Winterberg (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Germany (52.2° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 18.6° S, 6.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Frasnian; justification not stated in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From "reef complex".

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Limestone. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

• COLLECTPR: Unknown collector. REPOSITORY: BMNH.

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 91433: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.09.2009

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGEL: Limited to some polyplacophorans. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Polyplacophora
 Paleoloricata - Helminthochitonidae