Bad Wildungen site: Frasnian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Ctenacanthiformes - Ctenacanthidae
Maisey 2001
Coelacanthimorpha
Stensio 1934
Dipnoi - Chirodipteridae
Gross 1933
Placodermi - Macropetalichthyidae
Stensio 1925
Placodermi - Antiarcha
White and Moy-Thomas 1940
Placodermi - Rhenanida - Asterosteidae
Jaekel 1921
Placodermi - Arthrodira - Rhachiosteidae
Gross 1938
Placodermi - Arthrodira - Brachydeiridae
Oxyosteus magnus Gross 1932
Placodermi - Arthrodira - Leptosteidae
Placodermi - Arthrodira - Pholidosteidae
Stensio 1963
Placodermi - Arthrodira - Leiosteidae
Placodermi - Arthrodira - Trematosteidae
Gross 1937
Bicknell et al. 2023
Belosteus elegans Jaekel 1919
Placodermi - Arthrodira - Selenosteidae
Microsteus dubius Gross 1932
Placodermi - Arthrodira
Gross 1932
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany
Coordinates: 51.1° North, 9.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:20.9° South, 9.5° West (Wright 2013)
Time
Period: Devonian Epoch: Late Devonian
Stage: Frasnian 10 m.y. bin: Devonian 4
Key time interval: Frasnian
Age range of interval: 382.31 - 372.15 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kellwasserkalk
Stratigraphy comments: PJW: This is Bicken-Ense now.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:233181
Authorizer:R. Bicknell, J. Flannery-Sutherland Enterer:R. Bicknell, J. Flannery-Sutherland
Modifier:P. Wagner
Created:2024-01-18 09:04:13 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2024-01-18 09:04:13
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
87237. R. Cloutier and H. Lelièvre. 1998. Comparative study of the fossiliferous sites of the Devonian. 1-98 [R. Bicknell/R. Bicknell/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

87242 R.D.C. Bicknell, P.M. Smith, L.J. Hart, J.A. Long, and K.M. Trinajstic. 2023. Evidence for Placoderms from the Mid-Palaeozoic Sandon Beds of North-western New South Wales, Australia. Proceedings-Linnean Society of New South Wales 145(2023):7-24 [M. Hopkins/A. Goodman]
90476 W. Gross. 1932. Geologische und Palaeontologische Abhandlungen, Neue Folge. Geol. Palaeont. Abh 19:1-61 [J. Flannery-Sutherland/J. Flannery-Sutherland]
91076 W. Gross. 1933. Die Wirbeltiere des rheinischen Devons. Abhandlungen der PreuBischen Geologischen Landesanstalt 154:1-83 [J. Flannery-Sutherland/J. Flannery-Sutherland]
91074 W. Gross. 1937. The Vertebrates of the Rhenish Devonian Part II. Vertebrates from Devonian rocks of the Rhenish Massif 176:1-83 [J. Flannery-Sutherland/J. Flannery-Sutherland]
91342 W. Gross. 1938. Rachiosteus pterygiatus n. gen., n. sp. (Euarthrodira, Brachythoraci). Decheniana 97a:183 [J. Flannery-Sutherland/J. Flannery-Sutherland]
90303 O. Jaekel. 1921. Paläontologische Berichte: Die Stellung der Paläontologie zu einigen Problemen der Biologie und Phylogenie. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 3(1):213-239 [J. Flannery-Sutherland/J. Flannery-Sutherland]
90304 J. G. Maisey. 2001. CT-scan reveals new cranial features in Devonian chondrichthyan “Cladodus” wildungensis. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(4):807-810 [J. Flannery-Sutherland/J. Flannery-Sutherland]
90330 E. Stensio. 1922. Uber zwei Coelacanthiden aus dem Oberdevon von Wildungen. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 4:167-210 [J. Flannery-Sutherland/J. Flannery-Sutherland]
90360 E. Stensio. 1925. On the head of the Macropetalichthyids, with certain remarks on the head of the other Arthrodires. Chicago. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Publ. no. 232 4:4 [J. Flannery-Sutherland/J. Flannery-Sutherland]
90331 E. Stensio. 1934. On the Devonian coelacanthids of Germany with special reference to the dermal skeleton. [J. Flannery-Sutherland/J. Flannery-Sutherland]
90933 E. Stensio. 1963. Anatomical studies on the arthrodiran head Part 1. "Anatomical studies on the arthrodiran head 9:1-147 [J. Flannery-Sutherland/J. Flannery-Sutherland]
77872 E. I. White and J. A. Moy-Thomas. 1940. Notes on the nomenclature of fossil fishes - Part I. Homonyms A-C. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eleventh Series 5:502-507 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]