Beringhausen roadcut, E1 (Carboniferous of Germany)
Where: Westfalen, Germany (51.4° N, 8.8° E: paleocoordinates 2.1° S, 13.1° E)
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: E1 zone, Pendleian (326.4 - 318.1 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous shale
• lithologically the rocks are shale with a rather high calcareous component in the basal parts, sometimes even grading into true limestone.
Primary reference: K. Figge. 1968. A Goniatite fauna from the Visean/Namurian boundary. Palaeontology 11:264-274 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 5537: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 11.10.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Eumorphoceras dichalocium ammonite
Eumorphoceras pseudocoronula Bisat 1950 ammonite | |
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Cravenoceras leion Bisat 1930 ammonite | |