Greifenstein: Eifelian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Andegavia cf. titya
Trilobita - Harpetida - Harpetidae
Lioharpes (Fritschaspis) montagnei (Hawle and Corda 1847)
Reticuloharpes reticulatus Vanek 1963
Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Crotalocephalus sp. Salter 1853
Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Phacops major Barrande 1852
recombined as Pedinopariops major
Chotecops insequens
original and current combination Phacops (Chotecops)
Chotecops aff. breviceps (Barrande 1846)
Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae
Acanthopyge haueri (Barrande 1846)
recombined as Acanthopyge (Acanthopyge) haueri
Acanthopyge haueri greifensteinensis
Acanthopyge aff. granulosa (Roemer 1852)
Lobopyge sp. Přibyl and Erben 1952
replaced by Belenopyge
Trilobita - Proetida - Otarionidae
Otarion cf. lacrimurum (Pribyl and Vanek 1981)
recombined as Cyphaspis lacrimara
Cyphaspis aff. barrandei Hawle and Corda 1847
Conoparia aff. davidsoni
spelled with current rank as Otarion (Conoparia)
Trilobita - Proetida - Aulacopleuridae
Cyphaspides scuticauda
Aulacopleura beyrichi (Novák 1890)
Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae
Denemarkia erbeni Kim 1997
Tropidocoryphe cf. pseudofilicostata Pribyl 1965
Tropidocoryphe consobrina Alberti 1967
Astycoryphe (Tropicoryphe) aff. vermon (Snajdr 1980)
Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Aulacopleurina peltata (Novák 1890)
Aulacopleurina peltata glabra
Proetopeltis (Proetopeltis) neglecta (Barrande 1852)
Proetopeltis (Proetopeltis) neglecta informis
    = Proetopeltis informis Maurer 1881
Wagner 2020
recombined as Proetopeltis (Proetopeltis) neglecta informis
Quadratoproetus maureri (Alberti 1967)
Proetopeltis (Ignoproetus) waldschmidti (Novak 1890)
recombined as Ignoproetus waldschmidti
Proetopeltis (Ignoproetus) waldschmidti cf ignota
Cornuproetus cf. curtus (Barrande 1852)
Cornuproetus (Diademaproetus) holzapfeli (Novak 1890)
recombined as Diademaproetus holzapfeli
Buchiproetus hercules (Alberti 1967)
Unguliproetus unguloides (Barrande 1852)
Unguliproetus unguloides urani
Orbitoproetus koeneni (Mauerer 1881)
Orbitoproetus aff. crassimargo (Roemer 1850)
Orbitoproetus orbitatus (Barrande 1846)
Myoproetus myops (Barrande 1846)
Myoproetus myops glaber
Gerastos cuvieri (Steininger 1831)
Gerastos sp gr cuvieri
Gerastos prox (Richter and Richter 1956)
original and current combination Proetus (Proetus) prox
Gerastos sp gr prox
Raerinproetus sp. Basse 1996
Trilobita - Proetida - Scharyiidae
Scharyia cf. hecuba
Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae
Phaetonellus aff. pymon
Phaetonellus aff. aloisi
Phaetonellus aff. vaneki
Xiphogonium sp. Hawle and Corda 1847
Eremiproetus eremitus
Eremiproetus catillus
Eremiproetus charops
Natatoraspis humilis
synonym of Eremiproetus
Eremiproetus dufresnoyi (Hawle and Corda 1847)
? Koneprusites saturni Maurer 1881
recombined as Richteraspis saturni
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae
Thysanopeltis speciosa Hawle and Corda 1847
Paralejurus dormitzeri
Scabriscutellum caelebs
Scabriscutellum aff. elongatum
Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Koneprusia subterarmata
Leonaspis cf. hoernesi (Barrande 1846)
recombined as Leonaspis hoernesii
Kettneraspis pigra (Barrande 1872)
Radiaspis radiata Goldfuss 1970
synonym of Kettneraspis elliptica
Isoprusia cornuticauda
Ceratocephala aff. vesiculosa
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Hessen
Coordinates: 50.6° North, 8.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.8° South, 8.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
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:393.30000 - 387.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bicken-Ense Member:Greifenstein
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: slate
Secondary lithology: "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Der Greifensteiner Kalk ist eine charakteristische karbonatische Abfolge der Hörrezone, die innerhalb von Tonschiefern entweder als Linsen eingeschuppt (BENDER 1998) oder als Schuttströme oder Rutschmassen (Olisthostrome) abgelagert wurde. (The Greifenstein Limestone is a characteristic carbonate sequence of the Hörrezone, which are scaled within clay slates either as lenses (BENDER 1998) or deposited as debris streams or landslides (olisthostromes).)
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:229648
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2023-03-20 21:30:11 Last modified:2023-03-20 23:07:45
Access level:the public Released:2023-03-20 21:30:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
75148. U. Flick. 1999. Die Trilobiten von Greifenstein/Hörre—Ableger einer böhmischen Fauna im Rheinischen Schiefergebirge. Jahrbücher des nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde 120:23-50 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

65064 P. Wagner. 2020. Subspecies kluges: a pointless taxonomic database to create species opinions for subspecies that then will be over-ruled and allow subspecies occurrences to be recognized as the subspecies rather than the parent species. [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]