Büdesheim (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Germany (50.2° N, 6.6° E: paleocoordinates 21.1° S, 6.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: D. Korn, J. Bockwinkel, V. Ebbighausen and S. A. Walton. 2011. Beloceras, the most multilobate Late Devonian ammonoid. Bulletin of Geosciences 86(1):1-28 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 135671: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.11.2012, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Agoniatitida - Beloceratidae
Beloceras sagittarium Sandberger and Sandberger 1851 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Cyrtodontida - Praecardiidae
"Cardium ausavense n. sp." = Opisthocoelus ausavensis, Opisthocoelus concentricus n. gen. n. sp.
"Cardium ausavense n. sp." = Opisthocoelus ausavensis Steininger 1853 clam
Opisthocoelus concentricus n. gen. n. sp. Beushausen 1895 clam