Rinnen, Eifel Hills, Germany (Devonian of Germany)

Also known as Reef 3277

Where: Germany (50.5° N, 6.5° E: paleocoordinates 23.2° S, 7.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kürten Formation, Early/Lower Givetian (388.1 - 383.7 Ma)

• Lower Givetian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified bafflestone

• Non-consolidated soft-bottom substrate, notable terrigenous influx, low water energy.

•Thamnopora-Roemerolites association

• Branching tabulate coral-rich limestones (biostrome)

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

• Corals and stromatoporoids

Primary reference: M. Stadelmaier, M. Nose, A. May, S. Schröder, and C. Salerno. 2003. Structure and environment of tabulate coral assemblages from the Middle Devonian of the Eifel Hills (Rhenish Slate Mountains, Germany). Berichte des Institutes für Geologie und Paläontologie der Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz 7:103 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34832: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 06.10.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Listed in decreasing order of abundance
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Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet.
Rugosa indet. horn coral
solitary
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora cervicornis
Thamnopora cervicornis tabulate coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolites (Alveolitella) crassus
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Roemerolites tenuis
Roemerolites tenuis tabulate coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
? Clathrocoilona sp.
? Clathrocoilona sp. Yavorsky 1931 stromatoporoid sponge