Saxler Formation of the Eifelian Hills, Germany, Upper Siegenian (lowerDevonian): Pragian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Limoptera indet. Hall 1869
Cornellites costatus
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes unkelensis
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Oligoptycherhynchus daleidensis
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
Subcuspidella indet.
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Acrospiriferidae
Acrospirifer primaevus
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
Euryspirifer assimilis (Fuchs 1915)
Hysterolites hystericus
locally abundant category
Arduspirifer arduennensis (Schnur 1853)
first appearance category
Arduspirifer arduennensis prolatestriatus
Brachyspirifer crassicosta
Brachyspirifer transiens
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Rhipidiothyrididae
Rhenorensselaeria demerathia
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Eifel
Coordinates: 50.0° North, 7.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.4° South, 2.9° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Early/Lower Devonian
Stage:Pragian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 1
*Period:Early/Lower Devonian *Local age/stage:Late/Upper Siegenian
Key time interval:Pragian
Age range of interval:410.80000 - 407.60000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Saxler
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Fossils appear to be from the top of the formation, which " contains a very rich fauna". Lower part of the formation "contains few fossil layers".
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: Top of the formation is described as " light, flaggy to thinly-layered sandstone" A palaeogeographic map is given as Figure 5.
Environment:transition zone/lower shoreface
Glacial or sequence phase:regressive
Geology comments: "near shore shallow water (peritidal or subtidal environments)"
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Rock censused:0
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Most common taxa are listed in text.
Metadata
Database number:24619
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:J. Sessa
Modifier:J. Sessa Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-08-12 10:37:22 Last modified:2002-08-27 14:03:17
Access level:the public Released:2002-08-12 10:37:22
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

6883. G. Fuchs. 1982. Upper Siegenian and Lower Emsian in the Eifel Hills. CFS. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 55:229-255 [A. Miller/J. Sessa/J. Sessa]