Schmiedefeld locality (Ordovician of Germany)

Where: Germany (50.5° N, 11.2° E: paleocoordinates 62.0° S, 67.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kalkbank Member (Schmiedefeld Formation), Hirnantian (445.2 - 443.4 Ma)

• Early Ashgill

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: A. Ferretti and C. R. Barnes. 1997. Upper Ordovician conodonts from the Kalkbank limestone of Thuringia, Germany. Palaeontology 40(1):15-42 [E. Jarochowska/E. Jarochowska]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 210975: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 22.06.2020

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Taxonomic list

Conodonta
 Panderodontida - Panderodontidae
Panderodus cf. gracilis Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
 Belodellida - Belodellidae
Walliserodus sp. Serpagli 1967 conodont
 Belodellida - Ansellidae
Hamarodus europaeus Serpagli 1967 conodont
 Belodellida - Dapsilodontidae
Dapsilodus mutatus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
 Prioniodontida -
Sagittodontina robusta Knüpfer 1967 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Balognathidae
? Amorphognathus sp. Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
Amorphognathus ordovicicus Bergström and Bergström 1996 conodont
Amorphognathus ventilatus n. sp. Ferretti and Barnes 1997 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Strachanognathidae
Scabbardella altipes Hennigsmoen 1948 conodont
 Protopanderodontida - Drepanoistodontidae
? Drepanoistodus sp. Lindstrom 1971 conodont
 Protopanderodontida - Cornuodontidae
Cornuodus longibasis Lindström 1955 conodont
Conodontophorida
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Istorinus erectus Knüpfer 1967