Hemer, Sauerland (Devonian to of Germany)

Where: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (51.4° N, 7.8° E: paleocoordinates 20.5° S, 6.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Flinz Limestone Formation, Givetian to Givetian (387.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• uppermost Givetian - lowermost Frasnian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified shale

• limestones and marly shales

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: S. Schröder. 2005. Stratigraphie und Systematik rugoser Korallen aus dem Givetium und Unter-Frasnium des Rheinischen Schiefergebirges (Sauerland/Bergisches Land) [Stratigraphy and systematics of rugose corals from the Givetian and Lower Frasnian of the Rheinisches Schiefergebirge (Sauerland/Bergisches Land)]. Zitteliana B 25:39-116 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 81742: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.07.2008

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Kyphophyllidae
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Disphyllum sp. Fromentel 1861 horn coral
 Rugosa - Charactophyllidae
Temnophyllum sp. Walther 1928 horn coral