Autobahnknoten Langenhorst A1/1-bed: Famennian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae
Pleurodictyum informal sp. 2 Goldfuss 1829
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Cladochonus sp. M'Coy 1847
Anthozoa - Rugosa
Rugosa indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Aphelecrinidae
? Cosmetocrinus sp. Kirk 1941
Echinoidea - Archaeocidaridae
? Archaeocidaris sp. M'Coy 1844
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella cf. compressa
Fenestella cf. rudis
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Fenestella paeckelmanni
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Penniretepora cf. bipinnata
Penniretepora sp.
Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae
Rhabdomeson regularis
Rhabdomeson cf. regularis
unclassified
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Tylothyris aff. laminosa
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Torynifer praematura
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris urei (Fleming 1828)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Eobrachythyris strunianus
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
Anoplothecidae indet. Schuchert 1894
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris concentrica (von Buch 1834)
Atrythyris cf. atryplicata
Atrythyris informal sp. 3
? Cleiothyridina ? royssii (Leveille 1835)
misspelling Cleiothyridina deroissyi
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Aulacella bergica
Aulacella interlineata
Aulacella sp.
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina hibernica
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer aff. plicatosulcatus
Strophomenata - Productida - Araksalosiidae
Whidbornella caperata
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Productellidae indet. Schuchert 1929
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
? Chonetes ratingensis
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
? Rugosochonetes laguessianus
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena analoga (Phillips 1836)
recombined as Leptagonia analoga
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella informal sp. 1 aff. radialis Girty 1904
Schuchertella informal sp. 2 aff. radialis Girty 1904
Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
Acanthocrania cf. laevis
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia
Pelecypoda indet. Goldfuss 1820
synonym of Bivalvia
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Pterinopecten (Pterinopectinella) polytrichus
Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Dolorthoceras sp. Miller 1931
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Straparollus sp. de Montfort 1810
    = Euomphalidae sp. 2 White 1877
Wagner 2023
Euomphalus informal sp. 2 Sowerby 1814
    = Euomphalidae informal sp. 2 White 1877
Wagner 2023
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Hollinellidae
Hollinellidae indet. Bless and Jordan 1971
Hollinella sp. Coryell 1928
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Amphissitidae
Amphissitidae indet. (Knight 1928)
Amphissites sp. Girty 1910
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae
Kirkbya sp. Jones 1859
Ostracoda - Myodocopida - Entomozoidae
Richterina striatula (Richter 1848)
Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Omegops sp. (Struve 1976)
original and current combination Phacops (Omegops)
Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Pseudowaribole (Pseudowaribole) quaesita Hahn and Brauckmann 1984
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
Stratigraphy comments: Bed 68
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:38295
Authorizer:M. Foote, P. Wagner Enterer:M. Foote, P. Wagner
Modifier:M. Foote Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-04-19 13:24:34 Last modified:2006-09-13 14:01:03
Access level:the public Released:2004-04-19 13:24:34
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]

Secondary references:

9042 P. J. Wagner. 2023. Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database (2006 - 2023). [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]