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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Tabulophyllum gracile horn coral | |
Disphyllum sp. Fromentel 1861 horn coral | |
Temnophyllum cf. lenzi horn coral
Temnophyllum sp. Walther 1928 horn coral |