Steinbruch im Kerkerbachtal, Gaudernbach, Profil B (Devonian of Germany)

Also known as Reef 1590

Where: Hessen, Germany (50.5° N, 8.2° E: paleocoordinates 22.4° S, 8.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• 3 m Profile

•Conodont: middle varcus zone

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; gray floatstone

• Floatstone - Rudstone,

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, peel or thin section

Primary reference: W. Buggisch and E. Fluegel. 1992. Mittel bis oberdevonische Karbonate auf Blatt Weilburg (Rheinisches Schiefergebirge) und in Randgebieten: Initialstadien der Riffentwicklung auf Vulkanschwellen. Geologisches Jahrbuch Hessen 120:77-97 [W. Kiessling/F. Reichel/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 77756: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Falko Reichel on 18.01.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora sp.
Stromatopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
Stachyodes sp.
Stachyodes sp. Bargatzky 1881 stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolites sp.
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp.
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora sp.
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Heliolitidae
Heliolites sp.
Heliolites sp. Dana 1846 tabulate coral