Where: Hessen, Germany (51.0° N, 9.1° E: paleocoordinates 35.1° S, 42.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Erbslochgrauwacke 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 and gray shale
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 38349: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 20.04.2004, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Petridictyum petrii tabulate coral
Pleurodictyum spp. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral | |
Aulopora sp. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral | |
Pentaphyllum (Oligophyllum) spp. de Koninck 1872 horn coral | |
Enterolasma sp. Simpson 1900 horn coral | |
Barrandeophyllum sp. n. sp.
Barrandeophyllum sp. n. sp. Pocta 1902 horn coral | |
Lophophorata | |
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Brachiopoda | |
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Acrospirifer "n. sp. A" Wedekind 1926
? Acrospirifer "n. sp. B" Wedekind 1926 | |
aff. Fimbrispirifer bischofi, Hysterolites arduennensis, Hysterolites (Brachyspirifer) carinatus, Euryspirifer pellicoi
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Quadrithyris sp. Havlicek 1957 | |
? Eospirifer sp. Schuchert 1913 | |
Salopina sp. n. sp.
Salopina sp. n. sp. Boucot 1960 | |
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? Cryptonella sp. n. sp.
? Cryptonella sp. n. sp. | |
"Cyrtina heteroclyta" = Cyrtina (Cyrtina) heteroclyta
"Cyrtina heteroclyta" = Cyrtina (Cyrtina) heteroclyta DeFrance 1819 | |
Clorinda armata Barrande 1879 | |
Strophomenata | |
Papillostrophia sp., "aff. Stropheodonta sp." = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
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Teichostrophia lepis, "Crinistrophia elegans" = Douvillinella (Crinistrophia), Bojodouvillina taeniolata
"Crinistrophia elegans" = Douvillinella (Crinistrophia) | |
"Tastaria "sp. E"" = Protoleptostrophia, Leptostrophia explanata, "Rhytistrophia sowerbyi" = Leptostrophia (Rhytistrophia)
"Tastaria "sp. E"" = Protoleptostrophia Caster 1939
"Rhytistrophia sowerbyi" = Leptostrophia (Rhytistrophia) | |
Bivalvia | |
Pterinea ex gr. striatocostata, "Leiopteria pseudolaevis" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria), "Actinodesma (Asselberghsia) ex gr. annae" = Actinodesma (Asselbergshia) annae
"Leiopteria pseudolaevis" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) oyster
"Actinodesma (Asselberghsia) ex gr. annae" = Actinodesma (Asselbergshia) annae Frech 1891 oyster | |
Cypricardella sp. Hall 1856 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832 | |
Rostroconchia | |
"Conocardium ex gr. reflexum" = Hippocardia reflexa
"Conocardium ex gr. reflexum" = Hippocardia reflexa Zeiler 1857 | |
Gastropoda | |
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Ostracoda | |
Zygobeyrichia ? schmidti ostracod | |
Jenningsina planecostata ostracod | |
Trilobita | |
Leonaspis tuberculata trilobite | |
Phacops zinkeni trilobite | |
Odontochile neotuberculatum trilobite | |
Caulostrepsis sp. Clarke 1908 |