Bockswiese, near Clausthal (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.9° N, 10.3° E: paleocoordinates 22.0° S, 9.1° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Polygnathus partitus conodont zone, Calceola Schiefer Member (Goslar Formation), Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• Stratigraphy based on: Buchholz, P., and F. W. Luppold. 2008. Litho- and biostratigraphy of the Middle Devonian of the Upper Harz Mountains. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften (ZDGG) 159:263-281.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: argillaceous limestone and limestone

• Carbonate-rich shales with a few lenses and benches of limestone Kalkund.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. A. Roemer. 1855. Beiträge zur geologischen Kenntnis des nordwestlichen Harzbegirges. Paleontographica 5:1-44 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 157671: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 29.06.2014

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
Michelia cylindrica n. gen. n. sp.
Michelia cylindrica n. gen. n. sp. Roemer 1855 snail