Rhenishes Schiefergebirge, no formation named, no country listed (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.0° N, 7.8° E: paleocoordinates 23.7° S, 8.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• [no litho info given] "shelf slope and basin. BA5"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Goldring and T. Langerstrassen. 1979. Open Shelf and Nearshore Clastic Facies in the Devonian. In M.R. House, C.T. Scrutton, M.G. Basset (eds.), The Devonian System Special Paper in Paleontology 23:81-97 [M. Uhen/J. Ju/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 616: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 28.01.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "R. Goldring and T. Langerstrassen. 1979. Open shelf and nearshore clastic facies in the Dev. pp81-97. In: M.R. House, C.T. Scrutton, and M.G. Basset, eds. The Devonian System. Spec. Pap. in Paleont. 23"
unclassified
  -
Dacryonarida indet.
styliolinids
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
rare crinoid ossicles
Conodonta
  -
Conodonta indet. conodont
conodonts
Hyolitha
 Orthothecida - Orthothecidae
Orthotheca sp. Novak 1886
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Anopliidae
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
"Dalejodiscus sp." = Plectodonta (Dalejodiscus)
"Dalejodiscus sp." = Plectodonta (Dalejodiscus)
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Leptostrophia sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
 Spiriferida -
Boucotia sp. Gill 1969
Notanoplia sp. Gill 1950
 Atrypida - Davidsoniidae
 Atrypida - Lissatrypidae
 Terebratulida - Cranaenidae
Cranaena sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Lophophorata -
Tentaculitida indet. Ljaschenko 1955
tentaculitids
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonoidea indet. ammonite
goniatites
 Nautiloidea -
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid
orthocones
Bivalvia
 Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
Ctenodonta sp. Salter 1852 clam
 Cyrtodontida - Cardiolidae
Cardiola sp. Broderip 1839 clam
 Cyrtodontida - Praecardiidae
Buchiola sp. Barrande 1881 clam
 Cyrtodontida - Antipleuridae
Panenka sp. Barrande 1881 clam
Ostracoda
 Cypridinida - Bolbozoidae
Entomozoe sp. Pribyl 1950 ostracod
originally entered as "Entomozoa sp."
Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
Proetus sp. Steininger 1831 trilobite
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Leonaspis sp. Richter and Richter 1917 trilobite
Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet. horn coral
metriophyllids
 Stauriida - Zaphrentoididae
Zaphrentoides sp. Shtukenberg 1895 horn coral
 Stauriida - Laccophyllidae
Syringaxon sp. Lindström 1882 horn coral
Foraminifera
 Foraminiferida -
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera Eichwald 1830 foram
arenaceous forams