PBDB Collection

"Steltenberg" Quarry, near Hohenlimburg (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Sauerland, Germany (51.3° N, 7.6° E: paleocoordinates 21.9° S, 7.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Schwelm Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• Called "Massenkalk", too. Stringocephalus zone

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

• Described in Koch (1990: Der Schwelmer Kalk, in Weider, W.K. ed. Klassische Fundstellen der Paläontologies 2:37-48, 242-243) & (1995: Fossilien aus dem Schwelmer Kalk. Gelsenkirchen).

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Several museum collections

Primary reference: D. Heidelberger and L. Koch. 2005. Gastropoda from the Givetian “Massenkalk” of Schwelm and Hohenlimburg (Saureland, Rheinsiches Schiefergebirge, Germany). Geologica et Palaeontologica Sonderband 4:1-107 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 56160: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 14.11.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae	Bensbergia arculata, "Macrochilina drozdzewski" = Bensbergia drozdzewski Bensbergia arculata von Schlotheim 1820 snail "Macrochilina drozdzewski" = Bensbergia drozdzewski Heidelberger and Amler 2002 snail
Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae	Clathronema reticulata, Loxonema sp. Clathronema reticulata Phillips 1841 snail Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841 snail
Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae	Palaeozygopleura sp. Palaeozygopleura sp. Horný 1955 snail
Murchisoniina - Scoliostomatidae	Scoliostoma dannenbergi Scoliostoma dannenbergi Braun 1838 snail
Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae	"Callistadia hagenensis" = Breizospira hagenensis, Champernownia wagneri, "Platyloron bischofi" = Platyloron bischoffii, Devonorhineoderma cf. lonsdalei, Devonorhineoderma beaumonti, Kirchneriella striata, Buechelia nodifera n. sp., "Manitobiella clarkei" = Humboldtiella clarkei, Villmaria catenulata, Odontomaria semiplicata, Euryzone delphinuloides "Callistadia hagenensis" = Breizospira hagenensis Heidelberger and Koch 2005 snail Champernownia wagneri Heidelberger 2001 snail "Platyloron bischofi" = Platyloron bischoffii Goldfuss 1844 snail Devonorhineoderma cf. lonsdalei d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail Devonorhineoderma beaumonti d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail Kirchneriella striata Hisinger 1837 snail Buechelia nodifera n. sp. Heidelberger and Koch 2005 snail "Manitobiella clarkei" = Humboldtiella clarkei Holzapfel 1895 snail Villmaria catenulata d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail Odontomaria semiplicata Sandberger and Sandberger 1850 snail Euryzone delphinuloides von Schlotheim 1820 snail
Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae	Murchisonia bilineata, Murchisonia steltenbergensis n. sp., Murchisonia oegensis n. sp., Murchisonia sandbergeri, Devonocerithioides loxonemoides Murchisonia bilineata Dechen 1832 snail incl. var. bilineata, intermedia, coronoata, turbinata Murchisonia steltenbergensis n. sp. Heidelberger and Koch 2005 snail incl. var. steltenbergensis, monocincta, simplex Murchisonia oegensis n. sp. Heidelberger and Koch 2005 snail Murchisonia sandbergeri Paeckelmann 1922 snail Devonocerithioides loxonemoides Whidborne 1892 snail
Murchisoniina - Cheeneetnukiidae	"Murchisonia bicoronata" = Ulungaratoconcha bicoronata, "Donaldina lennensis" = Ulungaratoconcha lennensis "Murchisonia bicoronata" = Ulungaratoconcha bicoronata Paeckelmann 1922 snail "Donaldina lennensis" = Ulungaratoconcha lennensis Heidelberger and Koch 2005 snail
Euomphalina -	Serpulospira serpula Serpulospira serpula d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail
Euomphalina - Pseudophoridae	Devonoconica undullaria Devonoconica undullaria Heidelberger 2001 snail
Euomphalina - Omphalocirridae	Omphalocirrus hoegeri n. sp. Omphalocirrus hoegeri n. sp. Heidelberger and Koch 2005 snail
Euomphalina - Euomphalidae	"Straparollus (Eleutherospira) steltenbergensis n. sp." = Eleutherospira steltenbergensis, "Straparollus planiformis" = Philoxene planiformis, Straparollus turritus, Nodeuomphalus leunissi, Nodeuomphalus labadyei "Straparollus (Eleutherospira) steltenbergensis n. sp." = Eleutherospira steltenbergensis Heidelberger and Koch 2005 snail "Straparollus planiformis" = Philoxene planiformis Heidelberger and Bandel 1999 snail Straparollus turritus Sandberger and Sandberger 1855 snail Nodeuomphalus leunissi Heidelberger and Bandel 1999 snail Nodeuomphalus labadyei d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail
Euomphalina - Anomphalidae	Nodinella sp. Nodinella sp. Heidelberger 2001 snail
Euomphalina - Nerrhenidae	Hessonia piligera, Nerrhena aequistriata, Nerrhena nonecincta n. sp. Hessonia piligera Sandberger and Sandberger 1855 snail Nerrhena aequistriata Kirchner 1915 snail Nerrhena nonecincta n. sp. Heidelberger and Koch 2005 snail
Euomphalina - Platyceratidae	Natirhenia margaritifera, Lotzia blodgetti n. sp., Paffrathia lotzi, Platyceras priscum Natirhenia margaritifera d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail Lotzia blodgetti n. sp. Heidelberger and Koch 2005 snail Paffrathia lotzi Frýda 1998 snail Platyceras priscum Goldfuss 1844 snail
Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae	Bellerophon lineatus, Retispira hohenlimburgensis n. sp. Bellerophon lineatus Dechen 1832 snail Retispira hohenlimburgensis n. sp. Heidelberger and Koch 2005 snail type locality; 2 varieties
Neritoidea - Naticopsidae	"Gyronema armata" = Pseudoplagiothyra armatus "Gyronema armata" = Pseudoplagiothyra armatus Goldfuss 1832 snail
Neritoina - Plagiothyridae	Plagiothyra tubericosta, Plagiothyra purpurea Plagiothyra tubericosta Sandberger and Sandberger 1854 snail Plagiothyra purpurea d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail
Neritoina - Neritopsidae	Turbonitella ussheri, Turbonitella tuberculata, Strothia schwelmensis, Paffrathopsis lirata Turbonitella ussheri Whidborne 1891 snail Turbonitella tuberculata Kirchner 1915 snail Strothia schwelmensis Kayser 1878 snail Paffrathopsis lirata Sandberger 1842 snail