Bergisches Land (Rhenish Massif), Germany; Knoppenbiessen-beds (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Rhenish Massif, Germany (51.0° N, 7.2° E: paleocoordinates 19.1° S, 6.2° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Famennian (376.1 - 370.6 Ma)

• beds referred to in text as "Knoppenbiessen-beds"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; carbonaceous shale and limestone

• collection was made in a syncline, "close to a big thrust-fault ("Bergische Ueberschiebung")"
• marly shales and bituminous limestones

Collection methods: the information concerning this collection is based on an English summary provided at the beginning of the German-text reference

Primary reference: U. Jux and J. Krath. 1974. Die Fauna aus dem mittleren Oberdevon (Nehden-Stufe) des suedwestlichen Bergischen Landes (Rheinisches Schiefergebirge); The lower Famennian fauna (Nehden-substage) of the southwestern region of the Bergisches Land (Rhenish Schiefergebirge). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 147(4-6):115-168 [A. Miller/K. Layou/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 5960: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 06.01.2000

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Rutoceratidae
? Rutoceras sp. Hyatt 1884 nautiloid
 Bactritida - Bactritidae
 Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
 Orthocerida - Sphaerorthoceratidae
 Actinocerida - Ormoceratidae
Ormoceras sp. Stokes 1840
 Oncocerida - Poterioceratidae
 Goniatitida - Tornoceratidae
"Tornoceras planidorsatum" = Armatites planidorsatus, "? Tornoceras escoti" = Gundolficeras escoti, "Tornoceras acutum" = Oxytornoceras acutum, Tornoceras subundulatum, Tornoceras eifliense, Tornoceras simplex, Lobotornoceras bilobatum, "Tornoceras haugi" = Linguatornoceras haugi, "Tornoceras loeschmanni" = Linguatornoceras guestfalicum
"Tornoceras planidorsatum" = Armatites planidorsatus Munster 1839 ammonite
"? Tornoceras escoti" = Gundolficeras escoti Frech 1887 ammonite
"Tornoceras acutum" = Oxytornoceras acutum Frech 1902 ammonite
Tornoceras simplex von Buch 1832 ammonite
"Tornoceras haugi" = Linguatornoceras haugi Frech 1902 ammonite
"Tornoceras loeschmanni" = Linguatornoceras guestfalicum Frech 1897 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Posttornoceratidae
"Lobotornoceras nehdense" = Exotornoceras superstes
"Lobotornoceras nehdense" = Exotornoceras superstes Wedekind 1908 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Cheiloceratidae
"Cheiloceras ovatum" = Puncticeras ovatus Munster 1832 ammonite
"Cheiloceras lagowiense" = Puncticeras lagowiense Gurich 1900 ammonite
"Cheiloceras verneuili" = Nehdenites verneuilii Munster 1839 ammonite
"Cheiloceras curvispina" = Staffites curvispinus Sandberger and Sandberger 1850 ammonite
Cheiloceras sacculum Sandberger 1851 ammonite
"Cheiloceras subpartitum" = Cheiloceras (Cheiloceras) subpartitum Munster 1839 ammonite
"Cheiloceras amblylobum" = Cheiloceras (Cheiloceras) amblylobum Sandberger and Sandberger 1851 ammonite
 Agoniatitida - Gephuroceratidae
Crickites holzapfeli Wedekind 1913 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
"? Loxonema prisca" = Mesocoelia priscum
"? Loxonema prisca" = Mesocoelia priscum Münster 1840 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Euryzone sp. Koken 1896 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyostoma aff. lineata Conrad 1842 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Bivalvia
 Cyrtodontida - Praecardiidae
Euthydesma beyrichi, "Praecardium clymeniae" = Vetupraeca clymeniae, "Praecardium vetustum" = Vetupraeca vetusta, Buchiola postuma, Buchiola palmata
Euthydesma beyrichi Holzapfel 1882 clam
"Praecardium clymeniae" = Vetupraeca clymeniae Beushausen 1895 clam
"Praecardium vetustum" = Vetupraeca vetusta Hall 1843 clam
 Cyrtodontida - Dualinidae
Loxopteria dispar Sandberger and Sandberger 1856 clam
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
 Ostreida - Kochiidae
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
? Ptychopteria sp. Hall 1883 oyster
Strophomenata
 Productida - Sentosiidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Leiorhynchidae
 Rhynchonellida - Pugnacidae
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Orthida - Hypsomoniidae
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria sp. King 1850
 Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Lingulata
 Lingulida -
Lingulipora sp. Girty 1898
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Euchelicerata
 Eurypterida - Pterygotidae
? Pterygotus sp. Agassiz 1839 eurypterid