Friedrich-Heinrich Colliery, Hoerstgen ventilation shaft 4, 280-285 m (Permian of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.5° N, 6.5° E: paleocoordinates 15.2° N, 20.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Zechstein Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• Zechstein 1 limestone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression, replaced with pyrite

Primary reference: M. F. Glaessner and E. Malzahn. 1962. Neue Crustaceen aus dem niederrheinischen Zechstein. Fortschrift Geologische Rheinland und Westfalen 6:245-264 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96856: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.07.2010, edited by Priscilla Vazquez

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Erymidae
? Erymastacus hoerstgenensis n. sp.1 Bachmayer and Malzahn 1983 decapod
 Isopoda - Amphisopidae
Protamphisopus reichelti n. sp. Malzahn 1962 isopod
Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Platysomidae
Platysomus macrurus2 Agassiz 1833
Platysomus striatus2 Agassiz 1833
 Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
Palaeoniscus freieslebeni2 Blainville 1818
 Palaeonisciformes - Pygopteridae
Pygopterus humboldti2 Agassiz 1833
? Pygopterus humboldti2 Agassiz 1833
 Elonichthyiformes - Acrolepididae
Acrolepis sedgwickii2 Agassiz 1833 ray-finned fish
Chondrichthyes
 Ctenacanthiformes - Ctenacanthidae
Ctenacanthus sp.2 Agassiz 1836 elasmobranch
 Ctenacanthiformes -
Wodnika striatula2 Münster 1843 elasmobranch
 Menaspiformes - Menaspidae
Menaspis armata2 Ewald 1848 chimaera
 Petalodontiformes - Janassidae
Janassa bituminosa2 Schlotheim 1820 chimaera