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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Spanionema varicosa Holzapfel 1895 snail | |
Nerrhena nonecincta n. sp. Heidelberger and Koch 2005 snail
Nerrhena aequistriata Kirchner 1915 snail
Hessonia piligera Sandberger and Sandberger 1855 snail | |
Lotzia schaeferkalki Heidelberger 2001 snail | |
Sylvestria zimmermanni Heidelberger and Koch 2005 snail | |
Nodeuomphalus labadyei d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail
Nodeuomphalus paffrathianus Bandel and Frýda 1998 snail | |
Serpulospira serpula d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail | |
Antirotella helicinaeformis von Schlotheim 1820 snail | |
Strothia schwelmensis, ? Paffrathopsis cf. macrostoma, Praeturbonitella kochi n. gen. n. sp., Turbonitella ussheri
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 | |
Plagiothyra tubericosta Sandberger and Sandberger 1854 snail | |
Naticopsis protogaea Goldfuss 1844 snail | |
Retispira schwelmensis, "Teutonophon striatus" = Bellerophon lineatus
Retispira schwelmensis Heidelberger and Koch 2005 snail
"Teutonophon striatus" = Bellerophon lineatus Dechen 1832 snail | |
Murchisonia sandbergeri, Murchisonia zimmermanni, Murchisonia paeckelmanni, Murchisonia bilineata, Murchisonia steltenbergensis n. sp., Murchisonia archiaci
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 | |
"Murchisonia bicoronata" = Ulungaratoconcha bicoronata
"Murchisonia bicoronata" = Ulungaratoconcha bicoronata Paeckelmann 1922 snail | |
"? Soleniscus paludinoides" = Balbiniconcha paludinoides
"? Soleniscus paludinoides" = Balbiniconcha paludinoides Kirchner 1915 snail | |
"Macrochilina sp." = Strobeus, Bensbergia arculata
"Macrochilina sp." = Strobeus de Koninck 1881 snail
Bensbergia arculata von Schlotheim 1820 snail | |
"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 | |
Devonorhineoderma tricincta, "Platyloron bischofi" = Platyloron bischoffii, Euryzone delphinuloides, Villmaria catenulata, Buechelia goldfussi, Kirchneriella striata
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 |