Meinkenbracht Ia. Slope on the forest path (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Sauerland, Germany (51.3° N, 8.1° E: paleocoordinates 23.4° S, 8.3° E)

When: Meinkenbracht Formation, Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandy slate

• sandgebanderten schiefer (sandbanded slate)

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Basse. 1996. Trilobiten aus mittlerem Devon des Rhenohercynikums: I. Corynexochida und Proetida (1). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 239,(4-6):89-182 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 229469: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 12.03.2023

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Hadrophyllidae
Microcyclus clypeatus
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
Geesops (Geesops) sp.
Geesops (Geesops) sp. Struve 1972 trilobite
 Proetida - Otarionidae
Cyphaspis sp.
Cyphaspis sp. Burmeister 1843 trilobite
 Proetida - Proetidae
Cornuproetus (Cornuproetus) meinkenbrachtensis, Gerastos "n. sp. A"
Gerastos "n. sp. A" Goldfuss 1843 trilobite
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonema sp.
Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841 snail