Lenscheid, Selscheid Beds, Eastern Rhenish Massif (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.2° N, 8.0° E: paleocoordinates 23.4° S, 8.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ohler Schiefer Member (Selscheid Formation), Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• kockelianus conodont zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified siltstone

• gray argillaceous and sandy siltstones, rich in brachiopods

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. May. 1993. Zur Fossilführung des Ohler Schiefers (Devon: Eifelium) im West-Sauerland (Rheinisches Schiefergebirge) [Fossils of the Ohler Schiefer (Devonian, Eifelian) in the western Sauerland (Eastern Rhenish Massif)]. Dortmunder Beiträge zur Landeskunde 27:109-122 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 60466: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.05.2006

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Pterrorhiza sp.
Pteraspidomorpha
 Pteraspidiformes - Protaspididae
Helaspis sp.
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
"Spirorbis omphalodes" = Spirorbis omphalotes
"Spirorbis omphalodes" = Spirorbis omphalotes Goldfuss 1836
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
"Orthoceras" sp.
"Orthoceras" sp. Breynius 1832
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonema sp.
Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841 snail
Bivalvia
 Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia sp.
Cypricardinia sp. Hall 1860 clam
 Cardiida -
Cypricardella inflata
 Actinodontida - Crassatellopsidae
Crassatellopsis hauchecornei
Crassatellopsis hauchecornei clam
subspecies concentrica
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Pterinopecten sp.
Pterinopecten sp. Hall 1883 scallop
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Ptychopteria (Actinopteria) troglodytes" = Actinopteria
"Ptychopteria (Actinopteria) troglodytes" = Actinopteria oyster
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Petrocrania proavia
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Gypidula (Ivdelinia) sp.
 Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae
Kransia primipilaris
 Spiriferida - Acrospiriferidae
Acrospirifer (Arduspirifer) supraspeciosus
 Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
Rhenothyris cf. renitens
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Desquamatia (Independatrypa) triangulata, Desquamatia (Synatrypa) microzonata, cf. Desquamatia (Synatrypa) microzonata, Atrypa (Kyrtatrypa) culminigera, Atryparia cf. aureolata
 Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
Nucleospira lens
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris sp.
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Plectospira ferita
Plectospira ferita von Buch 1835
 Athyridida - Kayseriidae
Kayseria dividua
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina heteroclita
Cyrtina heteroclita
subspecies intermedia
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
"Isorthis (Tyersella) tetragona" = Tyersella
"Isorthis (Tyersella) tetragona" = Tyersella
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
? Schizophoria sp.
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
Protodouvillina interstrialis
 Strophomenida - Leptodontellidae
Leptodontella caudata
 Strophomenida - Anopliidae
Devonaria minuta
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes bretzii
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Xystostrophia umbraculum
Xystostrophia umbraculum von Schlotheim 1820
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora sp.
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp.
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Polypora sp.
Trilobita
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Trilobita indet.
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
Anthozoa
 Cystiphyllida - Goniophyllidae
Calceola sandalina
Calceola sandalina Linnaeus 1771 horn coral
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
"Mesophyllum (Cystiphylloides) duplicatum" = Cystiphylloides, "Mesophyllum (Cystiphylloides) sp." = Cystiphylloides
"Mesophyllum (Cystiphylloides) duplicatum" = Cystiphylloides horn coral
"Mesophyllum (Cystiphylloides) sp." = Cystiphylloides Chapman 1893 horn coral
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
"Ceratophyllum" sp.
"Ceratophyllum" sp. Gürich 1896 horn coral
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
? Peneckiella sp.
? Peneckiella sp. Soshkina 1939 horn coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites eifelensis
Favosites eifelensis tabulate coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolites (Alveolitella) cf. subaequalis
 Favositida - Coenitidae
Platyaxum (Roseoporella) aff. taenioforme