Mühlental I, Brilon: Late/Upper Givetian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
? Puella sp.
Parathuramminidae
Cribrosphaeroides sp.
Bisphaeridae
Bisphaera sp.
Archaesphaeridae
Vicinesphaera sp.
unclassified
Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristidae
? Dicamara sp.
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris cf. concentrica (von Buch 1834)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Stringocephalidae
Newberria caiqua
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Pugnacidae
Pugnax sp.
Pugnax acuminatus
cf. dillanus
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Uncinulidae
? Fitzroyella sp.
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Septalariidae
Septalaria descendens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Mystrophoridae
Mystrophora sp.
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria aff. similis
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Spinatrypina (Spinatrypina) sp. Rzhonsnitskaya 1964
ex gr. soetenica-comitata
Spinatrypa (Exatrypa) tubaecostata
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Karpinskiidae
Mimatrypa cf. fretterensis
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Mucrospirifer conjungens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
Undispirifer undiferus
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Holopella sp. M'Coy 1851
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras compressum Clarke and Swartz 1913
Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Megalodontidae
? Megalodon sp. Sowerby 1827
listed as Megalodus sp.
Stromatoporoidea - Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
Amphipora sp. Schulz 1883
Amphipora ex gr. laxeperforata
ex gr. laxeperforata-pervesiculata
Amphipora cf. ramosa (Phillips 1841)
Stromatoporoidea - Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Actinostroma cf. clathratum
Stromatoporoidea - Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
Stachyodes sp. Bargatzky 1881
Stachyodes (Stachyodes) caespitosa
Stachyodes (Stachyodes) costulata Lecompte 1952
Stachyodes (Keega) jonelrayi Stearn 1975
Stromatoporoidea - Syringostromatida - Syringostromatidae
Syringostroma sp. Nicholson 1865
Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora sp. Goldfuss 1826
Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Clathrocoilona sp. Yavorsky 1931
Clathrocoilona spissa (Lecompte 1951)
Stromatoporella sp. Nicholson 1886
Stictostroma lensiforme
Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporellida - Trupetostromatidae
? Trupetostroma sp. Parks 1936
Anthozoa - Auloporida
Auloporida indet. Sokolov 1947
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Multithecoporidae
Syringoporella sp. Kettner 1934
Anthozoa - Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolitidae indet. Duncan 1872
Alveolitella cavernosa
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801
Alveolites suborbicularis Lamarck 1801
subsp. suborbicularis
Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831
Thamnopora cf. boloniensis
Thamnopora cf. irregularis
Anthozoa - Rugosa
Rugosa indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
? Acanthophyllum sp. Dybowski 1873
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Cyathophyllidae
? Cyathophyllum sp. Goldfuss 1826
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Acervulariidae
Frechastraea pentagona (Goldfuss 1826)
recombined as Acervularia pentagona
Chabakoviacea
Renalcis sp. Vologdin 1932
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Nordrhein-Westfalen
Coordinates: 51.5° North, 8.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:21.7° South, 7.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Late/Upper Devonian
Stage:Frasnian
Key time interval:Late/Upper Givetian
Age range of interval:383.70000 - 382.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Brilon Massenkalk
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Upper Givetian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified grainstone
Secondary lithology: lithified wackestone
Lithology description: light grey arenitic grainstones, wackestones, floatstones and rudstones at the base of the Massenkalk, with echinoderm debris and brachiopods in coquinas
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:82561
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-07-29 00:44:45 Last modified:2008-07-29 03:44:45
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

27779. A. May. 1987. Der Massenkalk (Devon) nördlich von Brilon (Sauerland) [The Devonian Massenkalk north of Brilon (Sauerland)]. Geologie und Paläontologie in Westfalen 10:51-84 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]