Westenfeld, Sauerland (Carboniferous of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.3° N, 8.0° E: paleocoordinates 7.2° S, 7.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Arnsbergites gracilis zone, Visean (346.7 - 330.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; carbonate

• 2m thick carbonate bed

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: A. Ernst. 2004. Lower Carboniferous Bryozoa from some localities in Sauerland, Germany. Bryozoan Studies [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 143569: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 25.04.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Foraminifera -
unclassified
  -
Cnidaria indet. Hatschek 1888
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella indet. Lonsdale 1839
 Cryptostomata - Arthrostylidae
Pseudonematopora planatus Wyse Jackson 1996
 Cryptostomata - Hyphasmoporidae
 Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae
 Rhabdomesida - Nikiforovellidae
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
 Fenestrata - Chainodictyonidae
 Cystoporida - Sulcoreteporidae
 Cystoporida - Goniocladiidae
 Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae
Evactinopora sp. Meek and Worthen 1865
 Esthonioporata - Revalotrypidae
Hinaclema sp. Sakagami and Sugimura 1987
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily