Neichnerberg Fm of Eifelian Hills, Germany, Singhofen substage Devonian: Early/Lower Emsian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites sp. Conrad 1841
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo maureri
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Leiopteria crenatolamellosa
spelled with current rank as Leptodesma (Leiopteria)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Plebejochonetes semiradiatus
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
Subcuspidella indet.
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Oligoptycherhynchus daleidensis
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Eifel
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:Middle Devonian
*International age/stage:Early/Lower Emsian *Local age/stage:Singhofen
Key time interval:Early/Lower Emsian
Age range of interval:407.60000 - 398.30000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Neichnerberg
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,green siltstone
Secondary lithology:brown,gray sandstone
Lithology description: "lower part mainly gray subordinate green gray siltstone, uneven flaggy, green gray, and gray to brownish gray even-bedded sandstones. Upper part gray siltstones and gray to brownish gray, flaggy sandstones.
Environment:offshore
Glacial or sequence phase:transgressive
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Rock censused:0
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: "Neichnerberg beds contain many fossil layers, however, most yeild monotonous faunas." This collection is from most of the Neichnerberg Fm, collection #24632 describes fauna located at the top of the formation.
Taxonomic list comments:Most common taxa are listed in text.
Metadata
Database number:24630
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:J. Sessa
Modifier:J. Sessa Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-08-12 12:39:02 Last modified:2003-07-09 21:21:32
Access level:the public Released:2002-08-12 12:39:02
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]