Schwelm & Schwelm “Rote Berge” (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Sauerland, Germany (51.3° N, 7.3° E: paleocoordinates 22.1° S, 7.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Schwelm Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• Called "Massenkalk", too. Stringocephalus zone

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

• Described in Koch 1990: Der Schwelmer Kalk, in Weider, W.K. ed. Klassische Fundstellen der Paläontologies 2:37-48, 242-243) & (1995: Fossilien aus dem Schwelmer Kalk. Gelsenkirchen).

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Several museum collections

Primary reference: D. Heidelberger and L. Koch. 2005. Gastropoda from the Givetian “Massenkalk” of Schwelm and Hohenlimburg (Saureland, Rheinsiches Schiefergebirge, Germany). Geologica et Palaeontologica Sonderband 4:1-107 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 51967: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 06.07.2005

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Caenogastropoda - Spanionematidae
Spanionema varicosa Holzapfel 1895 snail
 Euomphalina - Nerrhenidae
Nerrhena nonecincta n. sp. Heidelberger and Koch 2005 snail
Nerrhena aequistriata Kirchner 1915 snail
Hessonia piligera Sandberger and Sandberger 1855 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Lotzia schaeferkalki Heidelberger 2001 snail
 Euomphalina - Omphalotrochidae
Sylvestria zimmermanni Heidelberger and Koch 2005 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Nodeuomphalus labadyei d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail
Nodeuomphalus paffrathianus Bandel and Frýda 1998 snail
 Euomphalina -
Serpulospira serpula d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Antirotella helicinaeformis von Schlotheim 1820 snail
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
Strothia schwelmensis Kayser 1878 snail
? Paffrathopsis cf. macrostoma Sandberger and Sandberger 1854 snail
Praeturbonitella kochi n. gen. n. sp. Heidelberger and Koch 2005 snail
Turbonitella ussheri Whidborne 1891 snail
 Neritoina - Plagiothyridae
Plagiothyra tubericosta Sandberger and Sandberger 1854 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis protogaea Goldfuss 1844 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Retispira schwelmensis, "Teutonophon striatus" = Bellerophon lineatus
Retispira schwelmensis Heidelberger and Koch 2005 snail
"Teutonophon striatus" = Bellerophon lineatus Dechen 1832 snail
 Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
Murchisonia sandbergeri Paeckelmann 1922 snail
Murchisonia zimmermanni Heidelberger and Koch 2005 snail
Murchisonia paeckelmanni Heidelberger and Koch 2005 snail
Murchisonia bilineata Dechen 1832 snail
Murchisonia steltenbergensis n. sp. Heidelberger and Koch 2005 snail
Murchisonia archiaci Paeckelmann 1922 snail
 Murchisoniina - Cheeneetnukiidae
"Murchisonia bicoronata" = Ulungaratoconcha bicoronata
"Murchisonia bicoronata" = Ulungaratoconcha bicoronata Paeckelmann 1922 snail
 Murchisoniina - Subulitidae
"? Soleniscus paludinoides" = Balbiniconcha paludinoides
"? Soleniscus paludinoides" = Balbiniconcha paludinoides Kirchner 1915 snail
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
"Macrochilina sp." = Strobeus, Bensbergia arculata
"Macrochilina sp." = Strobeus de Koninck 1881 snail
Bensbergia arculata von Schlotheim 1820 snail
 Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae
"Holopella cf. piligera" = Palaeozygopleura piligera, "Holopella antiqua" = Palaeozygopleura antiqua
"Holopella cf. piligera" = Palaeozygopleura piligera Sandberger and Sandberger 1855 snail
"Holopella antiqua" = Palaeozygopleura antiqua Goldfuss 1844 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Devonorhineoderma tricincta Goldfuss 1844 snail
"Platyloron bischofi" = Platyloron bischoffii Goldfuss 1844 snail
Euryzone delphinuloides von Schlotheim 1820 snail
Villmaria catenulata d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail
Buechelia goldfussi Schlüter 1894 snail
Kirchneriella striata Hisinger 1837 snail