Just west of Gees: Eifelian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae
Tropidocoryphe bassei Van Viersen et al. 2009
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Rhineland-Palatinate
Coordinates: 50.2° North, 6.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.7° South, 8.2° East
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Middle Devonian
Stage:Eifelian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 3
Key time interval:Eifelian
Age range of interval:393.30000 - 387.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ahrdorf Member:Wassen
Local section:Gees Local bed:54 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Just below Andromeda bentonite.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified calcareous marl
Lithology description: marl and marl-limestone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:216506
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2020-12-15 21:08:47 Last modified:2020-12-17 22:50:45
Access level:the public Released:2020-12-15 21:08:47
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
74805. A. P. Van Viersen, H. Prescher, and J. Savelsbergh. 2009. Description of two new trilobites from the Ahrdorf Formation (Middle Devonian) at the “Trilobitenfelder” of Gees, Eifel, Rhenish Mountains. Bulletin de l’Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 79:43-53 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]