Bilstein, Overath area: Eifelian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Heliolitidae
Anthozoa - Favositida - Alveolitidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Nordrhein-Westfalen
Coordinates: 51.0° North, 7.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:13.6° South, 18.2° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Devonian Epoch: Middle Devonian
Stage: Eifelian 10 m.y. bin: Devonian 3
Key time interval: Eifelian
Age range of interval: 393.47 - 387.95 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Hobräcke
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "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,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 1481
Database number:82482
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, B. Allen Enterer:U. Merkel, B. Allen
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-07-28 04:21:11 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

27711. C. Iven. 1980. Alveolitiden und Heliolitiden aus dem Mittel- und Oberdevon des Bergischen Landes (Rheinisches Schiefergebirge) [Alveolitids and heliolitids from the Middle and Upper Devonian of the Bergisches Land (Rheinisches Schiefergebirge)]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 167:121-179 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]