Wiebelskirchen-Saar (Carboniferous of Germany)

Where: Germany (49.4° N, 7.2° E: paleocoordinates 1.1° N, 17.2° E)

When: Ottweiler Schichten Formation, Stephanian (307.5 - 300.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; shale

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: P. Guthörl. 1934. Die Arthropoden aus dem Carbon und Perm des Saar-Nahe-Pfalz-Gebietes. Abhandlungen der Preußischen Geologischen Landesanstalt Berlin 164:1-219 [M. Clapham/A. Delelli/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 138379: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 16.01.2013

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Taxonomic list

Branchiopoda
 Diplostraca - Leaiidae
Leaia baentschiana Beyrich 1864 clam shrimp
 Diplostraca -
Estheria limbata Goldenberg 1877 clam shrimp
 Notostraca - Triopsidae
Triops ornatus Goldenberg 1870 Tadpole shrimp