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 56158: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 14.11.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Strothia schwelmensis Kayser 1878 snail
Turbonitella ussheri Whidborne 1891 snail | |
Naticopsis protogaea Goldfuss 1844 snail
? Naticopsis aff. kayseri Holzapfel 1895 snail | |
Murchisonia paeckelmanni Heidelberger and Koch 2005 snail 3 vars.: praebilineata, praepagodeformis, praeturbinata
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"Murchisonia bicoronata" = Ulungaratoconcha bicoronata
"Murchisonia bicoronata" = Ulungaratoconcha bicoronata Paeckelmann 1922 snail | |
"Holopella antiqua" = Palaeozygopleura antiqua
"Holopella antiqua" = Palaeozygopleura antiqua Goldfuss 1844 snail | |
Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841 snail | |
Odontomaria semiplicata Sandberger and Sandberger 1850 snail |