Bohrung Romberg, Altenbühren, Briloner Riff (Devonian to of Germany)

Also known as Reef 1462

Where: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (51.4° N, 8.5° E: paleocoordinates 20.2° S, 7.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Givetian to Givetian (387.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• 488 m Kernstrecke

•Top: Iberg-Facies

•Dorp-Facies: Lateral zonation

•Base: Schwelm-Facies: Tuffitic carbonates

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: H. G. Machel. 1990. Faziesinterpretation des Briloner Riffs mit Hilfe eines Faziesmodells für devonische Riffkarbonate. Geologisches Jahrbuch D 95:43-83 [W. Kiessling/F. Reichel/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 77788: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Falko Reichel on 20.01.2008, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Stringocephalidae
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Cyathophyllidae
Cyathophyllum sp. Goldfuss 1826 horn coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831 tabulate coral
Hydrozoa
 Milleporina -
"Millepora" sp. fire coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae
Clathrodictyon sp. Nicholson and Murie 1878 stromatoporoid sponge
 Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
Amphipora sp. Schulz 1883 stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Syringostromatidae
Syringostroma sp. Nicholson 1865 stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
Stachyodes sp. Bargatzky 1881 stromatoporoid sponge
 Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Actinostroma sp. Nicholson 1886 stromatoporoid sponge
Keega
  -
Keega sp. Wray 1967
Epiphyton
  - Ludloviaceae
Epiphyton sp. Bornemann 1886
Foraminifera
 Fusulinina - Parathuramminidae
Renalcis
  - Chabakoviacea
Renalcis sp. Vologdin 1932
Sphaerocodium
  -
Sphaerocodium sp. Rothpletz 1890
Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878