Eifelian Hills: Early/Lower Emsian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucanellidae
Bucanella sp. Meek 1871
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites indet. Conrad 1841
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo indet. Hall and Whitfield 1869
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiomorpha indet. Hall and Whitfield 1869
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Carydiidae
Carydium indet. Beushausen 1895
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Oligoptycherhynchus daleidensis
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
Euryspirifer assimilis (Fuchs 1915)
Arduspirifer arduennensis (Schnur 1853)
Arduspirifer arduennensis antecedens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
Subcuspidella sp.
Rhynchonellata - Tropidoleptidae
Tropidoleptus indet.
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Rhipidiothyrididae
Rhenorensselaeria demerathia
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Meganterididae
Mutationella guerangeri
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Leptostrophia explanata
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Plebejochonetes indet.
Chonetes indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1830
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Eodevonariidae
Eodevonaria indet. Twenhofel 1914
Tentaculitida
Tentaculitida indet. Ljaschenko 1955
unclassified
Spirophyton eifeliense
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Eifel County:Manderscheid
Coordinates: 50.0° North, 7.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.7° South, 5.1° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Early/Lower Devonian
Stage:Emsian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 2
*Period:Early/Lower Devonian
*International age/stage:Early/Lower Emsian *Local age/stage:Ulmen
Key time interval:Early/Lower Emsian
Age range of interval:407.60000 - 398.30000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Reudelsterz
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:wave ripples,deformed bedding,micaceous,gray,red siltstone
Secondary lithology: mudstone
Lithology description: Author does not specify what layer fossil collection comes from. "Lower part gray to red gray silt and mudstone plus reddish gray fine to medium grained sandstone with mica and clay shreds. Abundant coarse oblique and ripple bedding. Many layers with ball and pillow features. Middle part dominating silt and mudstone few sandstones. Upper part alternating gray and red silt, sand, and mudstone. On top, thick coarse sandstone with oblique and ripple bedding."
Environment:transition zone/lower shoreface
Glacial or sequence phase:regressive
Geology comments: "near shore shallow water (peritidal or subtidal environments)" A palaeogeographic map is given as Figure 6.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Rock censused:0
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Most common taxa are listed in text.
Metadata
Also known as:Reudelstrerz Fm of the Eifelian Hills, Germany, Ulmen substage, lower Devonian
Database number:24623
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:J. Sessa
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-08-12 11:33:37 Last modified:2019-12-31 23:16:01
Access level:the public Released:2002-08-12 11:33:37
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]