Also known as Rothaeuser Grauwacke

Where: Niedersachsen, Germany (51.5° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 24.5° S, 10.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Rothäuser Grauwacke Formation, Emsian (407.6 - 393.3 Ma)

• Graptolites not found; Emsian assignment based on other fauna.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; argillaceous, calcareous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Jahnke. 1971. Fauna und Alter der Erbslochgrauwacke (Brachiopoden und Trilobiten, Unter-Devon, Rheinisches Schiefergebirge und Harz. Goettinger Arbeiten zur Geologie und Palaeontologie 9:1-105 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 38350: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 20.04.2004

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