Also known as Rothaeuser Grauwacke
Where: Niedersachsen, Germany (51.5° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 24.5° S, 10.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Rothäuser Grauwacke Formation, Emsian (407.6 - 393.3 Ma)
• Graptolites not found; Emsian assignment based on other fauna.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; argillaceous, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: H. Jahnke. 1971. Fauna und Alter der Erbslochgrauwacke (Brachiopoden und Trilobiten, Unter-Devon, Rheinisches Schiefergebirge und Harz. Goettinger Arbeiten zur Geologie und Palaeontologie 9:1-105 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 38350: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 20.04.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Prokopia eichenbergi n. sp.
Prokopia eichenbergi n. sp. | |
"Schizophoria provulvaria" = Schizophoria (Rhenoschizophoria) provulvaria
"Schizophoria provulvaria" = Schizophoria (Rhenoschizophoria) provulvaria Mauer 1886 | |
Strophomenata | |
? Leptostrophia "n. sp. R", "? Tastaria "sp. R"" = Protoleptostrophia
? Leptostrophia "n. sp. R" Hall and Clarke 1892
"? Tastaria "sp. R"" = Protoleptostrophia Caster 1939 | |
? Mesodouvillina sp. Williams 1950 | |
Anoplia hercynia n. sp.
Anoplia hercynia n. sp. | |
"? Stropheodonta sp." = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
"? Stropheodonta sp." = Strophomena (Strophodonta) Hall 1852 | |
Trilobita | |
Odontochile neotuberculatum trilobite | |
Phacops ? zinkeni trilobite | |
Ostracoda | |
Ulrichia sp. Jones 1890 ostracod
Bollia sp. Jones and Holl 1886 ostracod | |
? Zygobeyrichia schmidti ostracod | |
Ctenoloculina sp. Bassler 1941 ostracod | |
Poloniella sp. ostracod | |
Jenningsina ? planecostata ostracod | |
Anthozoa | |
Petridictyum petrii tabulate coral |