Becker sand pit, Chemnitz-Borna (Carboniferous of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.1° N, 12.5° E: paleocoordinates 4.1° S, 16.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Berthelsdorf Formation, Brigantian (336.0 - 326.4 Ma)

• Possibly from Berthelsdorf Formation, which contains arthropods according to Hubers & Kerp, 2011.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: pond; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by Mayas, Nindel in 1912-1913

• Repository: Naturwissenschaftliches Museum in Karl-Marx-Stadt. Eoscorpius bornaensis derived from Beckert sand pit

Primary reference: R. Rossler and J.W. Schneider. 1997. Eine bemerkenswerte Paläobiocoenose im Unterkarbon Mitteleuropas - Fossiführung und Paläoenvironment der Hainichen-Subgruppe (Erzgebirge-Becken). Veröff. Museum für Naturkunde Chemnitz 20:5-44 [R. Plotnick/R. Plotnick]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 153594: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.12.2013, edited by Roy Plotnick

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Arachnida
 Scorpiones - Eoscorpiidae
Eoscorpius bornaensis n. sp.3 Sterzel 1918 scorpion
 Trigonotarbida - Aphantomartidae
"Trigonomartus pustulatus" = Aphantomartus pustulatus1
"Trigonomartus pustulatus" = Aphantomartus pustulatus1 Scudder 1884
Collection Nindel 882
 Trigonotarbida - Anthracomartidae
Anthracomartus sp.3 Karsch 1882
Sterzel specimen in Naturwissenschaftliches Museum Karl-Marx-Stadt; 1 in coll. Nindel, 1 in SMGM Dresden
 Phalangiotarbida - Architarbidae
"Architarbus mayasi n. sp." = Bornatarbus mayasii1
"Architarbus mayasi n. sp." = Bornatarbus mayasii1 Haupt 1955 phalangiotarbid
Collection Nindel 883
Myriapoda
 Euphoberiida - Euphoberiidae
Euphoberia sp.1 Meek and Worthen 1868 millipede
 Arthropleurida - Arthropleuridae
Arthropleura sp.2 Jordan 1854 millipede