8: Tiefenau, Mühlenberg Beds, Rhenish Massif, Germany: Eifelian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris sp.
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida
Straelenia sp.
nomen dubium belonging to Rhynchonellida
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany
Coordinates: 51.2° North, 7.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.5° South, 8.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Middle Devonian
Stage:Eifelian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 3
Key time interval:Eifelian
Age range of interval:393.30000 - 387.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Mühlenberg
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Middle Eifelian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine lithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Mühlenberg Sandstone
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:60135
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-05-03 04:44:15 Last modified:2006-05-05 05:43:54
Access level:the public Released:2006-05-03 04:44:15
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
17286. A. May. 2003. Die Fossilführung des Mitteldevons im Raum Attendorn-Olpe (West-Sauerland; Rechtsrheinisches Schiefergebirge) [Middle Devonian fossils of the Attendorn-Olpe area (western Sauerland; Rhenish Massif]. Geologie und Paläontologie in Westfalen 60:47-79 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]