Eikamp, Bergisch-Gladbach: Givetian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Favositida - Alveolitidae
Subalveolites parvicorallitus Iven 1980
Iven 1980
Spongioalveolites minor n. gen., n. sp. Iven 1980
Iven 1980
Alveolitella cavernosa
Iven 1980
Alveolites pseudorbicularis n. sp. Iven 1980
Iven 1980
Scoliopora denticulata (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
Iven 1980
Anthozoa - Favositida - Coenitidae
Placocoenites cf. escharoides
Iven 1980
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Heliolitidae
Heliolites porosus Goldfuss 1826
Iven 1980
subsp. bergeri
Anthozoa - Charactophyllidae
Temnophyllum astrictum
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Argutastrea (Argutastrea) quadrigemina
Argutastrea (Argutastrea) sanderi
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
Grypophyllum denckmanni
Acanthophyllum concavum
Dohmophyllum cf. difficile
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Stringophyllidae
Sociophyllum wedekindi
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Spinatrypina sp. Rzhonsnitskaya 1964
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Nordrhein-Westfalen
Coordinates: 51.0° North, 7.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:22.4° South, 7.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Middle Devonian
Stage:Givetian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 3
Key time interval:Givetian
Age range of interval:387.70000 - 382.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Torringen Member:Steinknippen
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: also known as "Honseler Kalk" and "quadrigeminus beds"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: reefal limestones rich in stromatoporoids, tabulate and rugose corals
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3826
Database number:81727
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-07-14 01:36:35 Last modified:2008-10-17 02:39:14
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

27600. S. Schröder. 2005. Stratigraphie und Systematik rugoser Korallen aus dem Givetium und Unter-Frasnium des Rheinischen Schiefergebirges (Sauerland/Bergisches Land) [Stratigraphy and systematics of rugose corals from the Givetian and Lower Frasnian of the Rheinisches Schiefergebirge (Sauerland/Bergisches Land)]. Zitteliana B 25:39-116 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

27711 C. Iven. 1980. Alveolitiden und Heliolitiden aus dem Mittel- und Oberdevon des Bergischen Landes (Rheinisches Schiefergebirge) [Alveolitids and heliolitids from the Middle and Upper Devonian of the Bergisches Land (Rheinisches Schiefergebirge)]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 167:121-179 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]