Autobahnknoten Langenhorst A1/2-bed: Famennian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Octacium rhenanum
Echinozoa indet. von Zittel 1895
Echinoidea - Archaeocidaridae
? Archaeocidaris sp. M'Coy 1844
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Straparollus sp. de Montfort 1810
unclassified
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Tylothyris laminosa
Tylothyris aff. laminosa
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris urei (Fleming 1828)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Eobrachythyris strunianus
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Atrythyris cf. atryplicata
Atrythyris informal sp. 3
Athyris concentrica (von Buch 1834)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina hibernica
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer aff. plicatosulcatus
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Aulacella bergica
Aulacella interlineata
Aulacella sp.
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena analoga (Phillips 1836)
recombined as Leptagonia analoga
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetidae indet. Bronn 1862
? Chonetes ratingensis
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
? Rugosochonetes laguessianus
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Productellidae sp. Schuchert 1929
Strophomenata - Productida - Araksalosiidae
Whidbornella caperata
Whidbornella cf. caperata
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella informal sp. 2 aff. radialis Girty 1904
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella cf. rudis
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Fenestella cf. paeckelmanni
Patellipora sp.
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Penniretepora cf. bipinnata
Penniretepora sp.
Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae
Rhabdomeson regularis
Rhabdomeson cf. regularis
Trilobita - Proetida - Brachymetopidae
Brachymetopus drevermanni Hahn 1964
Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Pseudowaribole (Pseudowaribole) quaesita Hahn and Brauckmann 1984
Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Omegops sp. (Struve 1976)
original and current combination Phacops (Omegops)
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
Ostracoda - Myodocopida - Entomozoidae
Richterina striatula (Richter 1848)
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Hollinellidae
Hollinellidae indet. Bless and Jordan 1971
Hollinella sp. Coryell 1928
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae
Kirkbya sp. Jones 1859
Anthozoa
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Anthozoa - Rugosa
Rugosa indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Cladochonus sp. M'Coy 1847
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 71b
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:38296
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:M. Foote Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-04-19 13:40:07 Last modified:2006-09-13 14:01:03
Access level:the public Released:2004-04-19 13:40:07
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]