Where: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (51.3° N, 7.1° E: paleocoordinates 15.9° S, 5.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Famennian (364.7 - 360.7 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Late Fammenian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous shale and lime mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collected in 1920's
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: Unknown, late 1920's. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.
Primary reference: M. R. W. Amler. 1992. Shallow marine bivalves at the Devonian/Carboniferous boundary from the Velbert Anticline (Rheinisches Schiefergebirge). Annales de la Societie géologique de Belgique 115(2):405-423 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/B. Seuss]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 162207: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 20.09.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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