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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Frechastraea (Scruttonia) cf. sanctacrucensis, Frechastraea (Scruttonia) sp., Phillipsastrea hennahi, Kuangxiastraea julli
Frechastraea (Scruttonia) sp. Scrutton 1968 horn coral
Kuangxiastraea julli horn coral |