Eifelian Hills (Devonian of Germany)

Also known as Reudelstrerz Fm of the Eifelian Hills, Germany, Ulmen substage, lower Devonian

Where: Eifel, Germany (50.0° N, 7.0° E: paleocoordinates 26.7° S, 5.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Reudelsterz Formation, Early/Lower Emsian (409.1 - 402.5 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; micaceous, gray, red siltstone and mudstone

• "near shore shallow water (peritidal or subtidal environments)" A palaeogeographic map is given as Figure 6.
• Author does not specify what layer fossil collection comes from. "Lower part gray to red gray silt and mudstone plus reddish gray fine to medium grained sandstone with mica and clay shreds. Abundant coarse oblique and ripple bedding. Many layers with ball and pillow features. Middle part dominating silt and mudstone few sandstones. Upper part alternating gray and red silt, sand, and mudstone. On top, thick coarse sandstone with oblique and ripple bedding."

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Fuchs. 1982. Upper Siegenian and Lower Emsian in the Eifel Hills. CFS. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 55:229-255 [A. Miller/J. Sessa/J. Sessa]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24623: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 12.08.2002

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Taxonomic list

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 Lophophorata -
Tentaculitida indet.
Tentaculitida indet. Ljaschenko 1955
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
Euryspirifer assimilis, Arduspirifer arduennensis
Arduspirifer arduennensis Schnur 1853
Arduspirifer arduennensis antecedens
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
Subcuspidella sp.
  - Tropidoleptidae
Tropidoleptus indet.
 Terebratulida - Meganterididae
Mutationella guerangeri
 Terebratulida - Rhipidiothyrididae
Rhenorensselaeria demerathia
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Oligoptycherhynchus daleidensis
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes indet., Plebejochonetes indet.
Chonetes indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1830
 Strophomenida - Eodevonariidae
Eodevonaria indet.
Eodevonaria indet. Twenhofel 1914
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Leptostrophia explanata
Bivalvia
 Modiomorphida - Carydiidae
Carydium indet.
Carydium indet. Beushausen 1895 clam
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiomorpha indet.
Modiomorpha indet. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo indet.
Palaeoneilo indet. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites indet.
Nuculites indet. Conrad 1841 clam
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bucanellidae
Bucanella sp.
Bucanella sp. Meek 1871 snail
 Ichnofossils -
Spirophyton eifeliense