Eisenberg Horizon of the Eifelian Hills, Germany, Vallendar substage Devonian: Emsian, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Chonetidae
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Chonetidae indet.
Bronn 1862
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Hysterolitidae
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Brachyspirifer indet.
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Arduspirifer indet.
Mittmeyer 1972
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spinocyrtiidae
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Subcuspidella indet.
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Athyris indet.
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Anoplothecidae
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Anoplotheca indet.
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Trigonirhynchiidae
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Oligoptycherhynchus indet.
Sartenaer 1970
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Meganterididae
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Mutationella indet.
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Platyorthidae
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Platyorthis indet.
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana indet.
Link 1807
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Malletiidae
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Palaeoneilo indet.
Hall and Whitfield 1869
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Cucullellidae
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Nuculites indet.
Conrad 1841
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pterineidae
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Leiopteria indet.
Hall 1883
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Bivalvia
- Grammysiidae
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Grammysia indet.
de Verneuil 1847
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
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Cypricardella indet.
Hall 1856
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Prosocoelus indet.
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Homalonotidae
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Homalonotidae indet.
Chapman 1890
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Micheliniidae
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Pleurodictyum indet.
Goldfuss 1829
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Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Eifel |
| Coordinates: | 50.0° North, 7.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.1° South, 9.7° 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 | *Local age/stage: | Vallendar |
| Key time interval: | Emsian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 407.60000 - 393.30000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Gladbach | Local bed: | Eisenberg |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray siltstone |
| Secondary lithology: | gray,green sandstone |
| Lithology description: "Lower part: gray siltstone with single greenish-gray and gray, mostly somewhat quartzitic sandstone. Upper part: gray siltstone with numerous successions of gray or reddish-gray quartzitic sandstone." | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Glacial or sequence phase: | regressive |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: "The few fossil layer are characterized by lamellibranchs. The quartz sandstone contains more diverse faunas in which numerous lamellibranchs occur." | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Most common taxa are listed in text. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 24695 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | J. Sessa |
| Modifier: | J. Sessa | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-08-17 12:34:50 | Last modified: | 2002-08-27 14:05:18 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-08-17 12:34:50 |
| 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] |