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
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Limoptera indet.
Hall 1869
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Cornellites costatus
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Chonetidae
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Chonetes unkelensis
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Trigonirhynchiidae
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Oligoptycherhynchus daleidensis
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spinocyrtiidae
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Subcuspidella indet.
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Acrospiriferidae
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Acrospirifer primaevus
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Hysterolitidae
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Euryspirifer assimilis
(Fuchs 1915)
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Hysterolites hystericus
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locally abundant category | |||||||||
Arduspirifer arduennensis
(Schnur 1853)
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first appearance category | |||||||||
Arduspirifer arduennensis prolatestriatus | ||||||||||
Brachyspirifer crassicosta
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Brachyspirifer transiens
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Rhipidiothyrididae
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Rhenorensselaeria demerathia
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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] |