Autobahnknoten Langenhorst Bed 30: Famennian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Echinozoa indet. von Zittel 1895
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblochondria piltonensis
Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
Acanthocrania cf. laevis
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Centrorhynchus letiensis
replaced by Sartenaerus
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Kitakamithyris microgemma
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris urei (Fleming 1828)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Eobrachythyris strunianus
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae
Sphenospira julii
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina sp. Davidson 1858
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Aulacella interlineata
Aulacella bergica
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena analoga (Phillips 1836)
recombined as Leptagonia analoga
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Plicochonetes cromfordensis
Strophomenata - Productida - Araksalosiidae
Steinhagella steinhagei
Whidbornella caperata
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestellidae indet. King 1850
Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae
Rhabdomeson cf. regularis
Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Omegops sp. (Struve 1976)
original and current combination Phacops (Omegops)
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Nordrhein-Westfalen
Coordinates: 51.3° North, 7.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:16.8° South, 5.4° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Late/Upper Devonian
Stage:Famennian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 5
Key time interval:Famennian
Age range of interval:372.20000 - 358.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Secondary lithology: lime mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Section consists of sandstones, siltstones, shales, calcareous shales, some interbedded micrites, and oolitic micrites near the top (starting at about bed 74). Lowest micrite is at about bed 40. This bed is shale.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:I am excluding bivalves for beds A1/2 to C3 (bed complex 71), which are dealt with in collection 38266.
Metadata
Database number:38273
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:M. Foote Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-04-19 12:22:37 Last modified:2006-09-13 14:01:03
Access level:the public Released:2004-04-19 12:22:37
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
10268. D. Michels. 1986. Oekologie und Fazies des juengsten Ober-Devon von Velbert (Rheinisches Schiefergebirge). Goettinger Arbeiten zur Geologie und Palaeontologie 29:1-86 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]