Knippenberg, Brilon: Early/Lower Givetian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Mesophyllum (Cystiphylloides) secundum
spelled with current rank as Cystiphylloides
subsp. secundum
Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Digonophyllidae
Mesophyllum (Mesophyllum) maximum
subsp. maximum
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
? Acanthophyllum sp. Dybowski 1873
Dohmophyllum helianthoides
Dohmophyllum difficile
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Stringophyllidae
Stringophyllum acanthicum
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Nordrhein-Westfalen
Coordinates: 51.4° North, 8.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:21.8° South, 7.9° 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:Early/Lower Givetian
Age range of interval:387.70000 - 385.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Brilon Shale
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: also known as "Sparganophyllum beds", Lower Givetian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:concretionary lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: initial reef stage
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:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 1462
Database number:81736
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-07-14 06:04:14 Last modified:2008-07-14 09:04:14
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]