Mailweiler Subformation: Early Givetian, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Pseudopalaeoporella lummatonensis axis, plant debris
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Geography
| Country: | Germany |
| Coordinates: | 50.3° North, 7.6° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 16.3° South, 14.6° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
| Altitude: | 160 meters |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Middle Devonian |
| Stage: | Givetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 3 |
| *Period: | Middle Devonian | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Givetian - Middle Givetian |
| Key time interval: | Early Givetian | Zone: | Ensensis |
| Age range of interval: | 387.95 - 385.9 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Ahbach | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Obliquimarginatus Subzone, Lower ensensis Zone, Mailweiler subformation, Ahbach formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "carbonate" |
| Secondary lithology: | floatstone |
| Lithology description: Massive carbonate/micropeloidal floatstone | |
| Environment: | lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal |
| Geology comments: Palaeoenvironment- Sublagoonal zone with reef debris from frame-building organisms within the zone of stormwave influence. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | replaced with calcite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,chemical,peel or thin section,sieve,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Rhenish Schiefergebirge | ||
| Database number: | 23162 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Stein | Enterer: | D. Horvath |
| Modifier: | W. Stein | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2002-07-10 08:16:02 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-07-10 08:16:02 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6645. | U. Koch-Fruchtl and C. T. Gee. 1994. Middle Devonian Pseudopalaeoporella lummatonensis from the Rhenish Schiefergebirge (Sauerland and Eifel), Western Germany. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 232:1-13 [W. Stein/D. Horvath/J. Alroy] |