Amönau (Carboniferous of Germany)

Where: Germany (50.9° N, 8.7° E: paleocoordinates 12.6° S, 6.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tournaisian (358.9 - 346.7 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Tournaisian, on the basis of radiolarian biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of sample preparation techniques.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Not stated in text, but probably Braun. REPOSITORY: REM?

Primary reference: A. Braun and R. Schmidt-Effling. 1993. Biozonation, diagenesis and evolution of radiolarians in the Lower Carboniferous of Germany. Marine Micropaleontology 21:369-383 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91000: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 28.08.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for radiolarians. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
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Protozoa
 Latentifistularia - Tetratormentidae
Tetragregnon cf. sycamorensis
Tetragregnon cf. sycamorensis Ormiston and Lane 1976 radiolarian
 Albaillellaria - Ceratoikiscidae
Ceratoikiscum rotundatum, Ceratoikiscum berggreni, Ceratoikiscum avimexpectans
Ceratoikiscum berggreni Gourmelon 1987 radiolarian
Ceratoikiscum avimexpectans Deflandre 1953 radiolarian
 Albaillellaria - Albaillellidae
Albaillella deflanderi, Albaillella undulata
Albaillella undulata Deflandre 1952 radiolarian
 Entactinaria -
? Helioentactinia polyacanthina
 Entactinaria - Pylentonemidae
Polyentactinia aranea, Pylentonema antiqua
Polyentactinia aranea Gourmelon 1986 radiolarian
Pylentonema antiqua Deflandre 1963 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Entactiniidae
Entactinosphaera altasulcata, Astroentactinia radiata, Astroentactinia biaciculata, Entactinia tortispina, Entactinia aff. tortispina
Entactinosphaera altasulcata Won 1983 radiolarian
Astroentactinia radiata Aitchison 1993 radiolarian
Astroentactinia biaciculata Nazarov 1975 radiolarian
Entactinia tortispina Ormiston and Lane 1976 radiolarian
Entactinia aff. tortispina Ormiston and Lane 1976 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Palaeoscenidiidae
Palaeoscenidium cladophorum
Palaeoscenidium cladophorum Deflandre 1953 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Popofskyellidae
Popofskyellum cf. pulchrum
Popofskyellum cf. pulchrum Deflandre 1964 radiolarian