Gerolstein (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Eifel, Germany (50.2° N, 6.7° E: paleocoordinates 24.8° S, 8.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Tortodus kockelianus conodont zone, Rechert Member (Junkerberg Formation), Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• Crinoiden-Schicht, which probably is the Rechert member.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. P. van Viersen. 2021. Type and other species of Gerastos and allied genera (Trilobita, Proetinae) from the Siluro-Devonian. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 299(2):185-217 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 222843: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 26.10.2021

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
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Cephalopoda indet. Cuvier 1797
Trilobita
 Harpetida - Harpetidae
Harpes macrocephalus Goldfuss 1839 trilobite
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
Phacops latifrons Bronn 1825 trilobite
 Proetida - Proetidae
Longiproetus tenuimargo, "Proetus (Euproetus) dohmi" = Dohmiella dohmi
Longiproetus tenuimargo Richter 1909 trilobite
"Proetus (Euproetus) dohmi" = Dohmiella dohmi Richter and Richter 1918 trilobite