Linderhausen, railway tunnel: Givetian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Digonophyllidae
Mesophyllum secundum
subsp. pseudoseptatum
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
Dohmophyllum sp. Wedekind 1923
Grypophyllum denckmanni
Grypophyllum postprimum
subsp. postprimum
Acanthophyllum concavum
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Stringophyllidae
Stringophyllum cf. acanthicum
Stringophyllum buechelense
Anthozoa - Charactophyllidae
Temnophyllum astrictum
Temnophyllum latum
Temnophyllum majus
Spinophyllum spongiosum Schlüter 1889
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Nordrhein-Westfalen
Coordinates: 51.3° North, 7.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:22.1° South, 7.2° 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:Schwelm Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: basal Schwelm Limestone (lower part of the Massenkalk Formation)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: reefal limestone
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,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 1483
Database number:81737
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-07-14 06:37:48 Last modified:2008-07-14 09:42:22
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]