Gorlitz Synclinorium carbonates, Zweta Formation, Germany - Elicki et al. 1992: Atdabanian - Lenian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Artremata indet.
Fomitechella infundibuliforms
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales
Cambroclavithidae indet.
    = Cambroclavus ludvigsdorfensis n. sp.
Elicki 1994
type locality
unclassified
Rhombocorniculum cancellatum (Cobbold 1921)
Helcionelloida
    = Beshtashella tortilis Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981
Elicki 1994
Missarzhevski in Missarzheskey & Mambetov 1981
    = Beshtashella tortilis Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981
Elicki 1994
Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981
    = Beshtashella sp. Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981
Wagner 2023
Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Stenothecidae
Planutenia flectata n. gen., n. sp. Elicki 1994
Elicki 1994
Elicki 1994; type locality
Planutenia inclinata n. sp. Elicki 1994
Elicki 1994
synonym of Planutenia flectata
Elicki 1994; type locality
Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Helcionellidae
Bemella aff. jacutica (Rozanov and Missarzhevsky 1966)
Elicki 1994
Missarzhevsky 1969
Anabarella australis Bengtson et al. 1990
Elicki 1996
Runnegar 1990
Helcionellidae indet. Wenz 1938
    = Tanuella ampla Voronin et al. 1982
Elicki 1996
recombined as Obtusoconus ampla
Zhegallo 1982
Bemella sp. Rozanov et al. 1969
Elicki 1996
    = Capitoconus artus Skovsted 2004
Skovsted 2004
Skovsted 2004
Helcionelloida - Pelagiellida - Pelagiellidae
Pelagiella lorenzi (Kobayashi 1939)
Elicki 1996
Kobayashi 1939
Pelagiella emeishanensis Xing 1984
Elicki 1996
synonym of Pelagiella subangulata
He 1984
Pelagiella cf. lorenzi (Kobayashi 1939)
    = Pelagiella aff. adunca He et al. 1984
Elicki 1996
He & Pei 1984; (yes, he re-ided this and ided new stuff as P. lorenzi)
Khairkhaniidae
Khairkhania evoluto Elicki and Schneider 1992
Elicki 1996
Zhegallo 1982
Paragastropoda - Mimospirida - Onychochilidae
? Yuwenia cf. bentleyi Runnegar 1981
Elicki 1996
Runnegar 1981
Yuwenia juliana n. sp. Elicki 1994
Elicki 1994
synonym of Yuwenia bentleyi
Elicki 1994; type locality
Bivalvia - Fordillida - Fordillidae
Fordilla sibirica Krasilova 1977
    = Fordilla germanica n. sp. Elicki 1994
Elicki 1994
Elicki 1994; type locality
Inarticulata - Inarticulata
Inarticulata indet. Huxley 1869
invalid subgroup of Brachiopoda
Hyolithida - Nelegerocornidae
Microcornus elongatus Missarzhevsky 1980
Hyolithida - Sulcavitidae
Lenalituus sp. Missarzhevsky 1980
Orthothecida - Circothecidae
Conotheca circumflexa Rozanov et al. 1969
Orthothecimorpha - Exilithecida
Obliquatheca aldanica
Trilobita - Redlichiida - Ellipsocephalidae
Lusatiops sp. Richter 1941
Comluella sp. Hupe 1953
Agnostida - Calodiscidae
Calodiscus lobatus (Hall 1847)
unclassified
Tintinnoidella praecursa n. sp. Elicki 1994
Elicki 1994
type locality
Coeloscleritophora - Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
Chancelloria sp. Walcott 1920
Archiasterella pentactina Sdzuy 1969
Allonia sp. Doré and Reid 1965
unclassified
Archaeooides granulatus Qian 1977
Scyphozoa - Anabaritida - Anabaritidae
Cambrotubulus corniformis n. sp. Elicki 1994
Elicki 1994
type locality
Heteractinida
Heteractinida indet. Hinde 1888
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Saxony County:Gorlitz
Coordinates: 51.2° North, 15.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.9° South, 107.5° East
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Cambrian Epoch:Series 2
*Period:Early/Lower Cambrian *Epoch:Middle Caerfai
*International age/stage:Atdabanian - Lenian
Key time interval:Atdabanian - Lenian
Age range of interval:521.00000 - 510.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Zwetau Member:Ludwigsdorf
Local section:Ludwigsdorf Section, Great Ludwigsdorf Quarry
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: The Upper Ludwigsdorf Member is cyclinically developed with 5 cycles of fossiliferous limestone grading into phacoidal limestone. Each cycle is 2-14 meters thick. There is an overall shallowing of the environment with crossbedding, load casts, ripple marks, and cut and fill near the top of the member.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal lithified silty "limestone"
Environment:peritidal Tectonic setting:passive margin
Geology comments: Formation is part of the Gorltiz Synclinorium
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:original phosphate
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:chemical,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: Fossil structures may be obscured by sparitisation with a majority of the specimens found in coquinoid layers withing the sandy carbonate beds (bioclastic wakestone and bioclastic floatstone)
Metadata
Database number:6899
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky, P. Wagner Enterer:P. Borkow, P. Wagner
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-04-09 09:45:57 Last modified:2001-03-26 14:04:16
Access level:the public Released:2001-03-26 12:03:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
431. O. Elicki and J. Schneider. 1992. Lower Cambrian (Atdabanian/Botomian) shallow-marine carbonates of the Gorlitz synclinorium (Saxony/Germany). Facies 26:55-66 [W. Kiessling/P. Borkow/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

13333 O. Elicki. 1994. Lower Cambrian carbonates from eastern Germany:palaeontology, stratigraphy and palaeogeography. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 191(1):69-93 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
13334 O. Elicki. 1996. Die Gastropoden und Monoplacophoren der unterkambrischen Görlitz-Fauna. Freiberger Forschungsheft C 464:145-173 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
13308 C. B. Skovsted. 2004. Mollusc fauna of the Early Cambrian Bastion Formation of North-East Greenland. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 51(1):11-37 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
9042 P. J. Wagner. 2023. Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database (2006 - 2023). [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]