Where: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (51.4° N, 7.6° E: paleocoordinates 21.4° S, 7.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Flinz Limestone Formation, Early/Lower Frasnian (383.7 - 382.4 Ma)

• 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 81743: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.07.2008

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