Karschheck Quarry, Bundenbach area (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Germany (49.9° N, 7.4° E: paleocoordinates 40.9° S, 43.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hunsrueck Slate Formation, Early/Lower Emsian (409.1 - 402.5 Ma)

• Lower Emsian, Ulmen substage

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone

• harder, monotonous sandstone ("Krappstein") in contrast to the soft mudstones and siltstones ("Plattenstein") from the conservation lagerstätte of Bundenbach

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. H. Südkamp. 2007. An atypical fauna in the Lower Devonian Hunsrück Slate of Germany. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 81(2):181-204 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74300: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.08.2007, edited by Kenneth De Baets

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Taxonomic list

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 Life -
Life indet.
unclassified
  -
? Protaxites loganii
Crinoidea
 Diplobathrida - Orthocrinidae
Orthocrinus simplex
 Diplobathrida - Rhodocrinitidae
Acanthocrinus rex, Acanthocrinus heroldi, Acanthocrinus spinosus n. sp., Diamenocrinus stellatus, ? Diamenocrinus sp.
Acanthocrinus spinosus n. sp. crinoid
? Diamenocrinus sp. Oehlert 1892 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Melocrinitidae
Ctenocrinus malcontractus, Ctenocrinus typus
 Monobathrida - Hapalocrinidae
Culicocrinus spinatus
 Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Gissocrinus vertebrachialis
Chondrichthyes
  - Machaeracanthidae
Machaeracanthus peracutus
Machaeracanthus peracutus Newberry 1857 spiny fish
Placodermi
 Arthrodira - Homostiidae
Tityosteus rieversi
Tityosteus rieversi Gross 1960 armour-plated fish
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis sp.
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
Tentaculita
 Nowakiida - Nowakiidae
Viriatellina fuchsi
Cephalopoda
 Nautiloidea -
Nautiloidea indet.
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid
Gastropoda
 Streptoneura -
Archaeogastropoda indet.
Archaeogastropoda indet. Thiele 1925 snail
Bivalvia
 Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
Ctenodonta gemuendensis
 Carditida -
Crassatelloidea indet.
Crassatelloidea indet. Férussac 1822 clam
 Cyrtodontida - Antipleuridae
Panenka grebei
 Autobranchia -
Pterioida indet.
Pterioida indet. Newell 1965 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
? Biseptum sp.
 Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
Euryspirifer cf. assimilis, Arduspirifer arduennensis, Brachyspirifer explanatus
Arduspirifer arduennensis Schnur 1853
subsp. prolatestriatus
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
? Martinia sp.
? Martinia sp. M'Coy 1844
 Atrypida -
Atrypida indet.
Atrypida indet. Rzhonsnitskaya 1960
 Orthida -
Orthida indet.
Orthida indet. Schuchert and Cooper 1932
 Terebratulida -
Terebratulida indet.
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp.
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Parahomalonotus planus
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
Chotecops ferdinandi
 Phacopida - Acastidae
Paracryphaeus sp.
Paracryphaeus sp. Gandl 1972 trilobite
Malacostraca
 Archaeostraca -
Nahecaris sp.
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Conularia bundenbachia, Conularia gemuendina, Conularia cf. tulipina
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
""Zaphrentis" sp." = Zaphrenthis
""Zaphrentis" sp." = Zaphrenthis Rafinesque and Clifford 1820 horn coral
 Rugosa -
Volgerophyllum karschheckensis n. gen. n. sp.
Volgerophyllum karschheckensis n. gen. n. sp. horn coral
 Favositida - Micheliniidae
Pleurodictyum hunsrueckianum
Tentaculitoidea
  -
Tentaculitoidea indet.
Tentaculitoidea indet. Ljashenko 1957
 Ichnofossils -
Protovirgularia longespicata, Chondrites palaeozoicus