Jaegersfreude mine: Westphalian C, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Myriapoda - Arthropleurida - Arthropleuridae
Arthropleura affinis n. sp. Goldenberg 1873
1 specimen
synonym of Arthropleura armata
Arachnida - Trigonotarbida
Termes buchi n. sp. Goldenberg 1873
1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Trigonotarbida
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany
Coordinates: 49.3° North, 7.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:2.0° South, 14.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Pennsylvanian
Stage:Moscovian 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 4
Key time interval:Westphalian C
Age range of interval:314.60000 - 309.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Upper Saarbrucker layer
Stratigraphy comments: obere Saarbrücker Schichten; Mittleres Obercarbon
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Secondary lithology: coal
Environment:lacustrine indet. Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: Saar-Nahe basin; Half-graben generated by extension on South Hunsruck bounding fault, but with some component of dextral strike-slip transtension in an intermontane setting following the Variscan orogeny. "Coal seams from this area are called "limnic coals" are were deposited in intra-continental lakes. " (Pers. Com. Jan-Michael Ilger)
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Grube Jägersfreude-Saar; Halde im Fischbachtal
Database number:138349
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:J. Karr
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2013-01-15 08:28:27 Last modified:2024-03-06 23:54:52
Access level:the public Released:2013-01-15 08:28:27
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

50814. F. Goldenberg. 1873. Fauna Saraepontana Fossilis. Die Fossilen Thiere aus der Steinkohlenformation von Saarbrücken, 1tes Heft 1-26 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

41866 P. Guthörl. 1934. Die Arthropoden aus dem Carbon und Perm des Saar-Nahe-Pfalz-Gebietes. Abhandlungen der Preußischen Geologischen Landesanstalt Berlin 164:1-219 [M. Clapham/A. Delelli/M. Clapham]