Quarry SE of Heggen, Attendorn (Devonian of Germany)

Also known as Reef 3829

Where: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (51.2° N, 8.0° E: paleocoordinates 21.9° S, 7.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dorp Member (Massenkalk Formation), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• Upper Givetian - ?Lower Frasnian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

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 81745: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.07.2008

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Frechastraea (Scruttonia) sp. Scrutton 1968 horn coral
Phillipsastrea hennahi horn coral
n. subsp. perforata