Altenburg near Pössneck (Permian of Germany)

Also known as Reef 89

Where: Germany (50.7° N, 11.6° E: paleocoordinates 15.4° N, 23.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Werrakarbonat Formation, Zechstein (259.5 - 254.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified bindstone

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: A. Ernst. 2002. Some calcareous algae from the Zechstein. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 2002(11):681-692 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51381: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 03.06.2005, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Stenolaemata
 Cyclostomata - Corynotrypidae
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Synocladia dubia2 Schlotheim 1820
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Rectifenestella retiformis1 von Schlotheim 1816
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878