Zimmermann'scher Bruch, Rhenish Massif: Eifelian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Ptenophyllum vermiculare
Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Megalodontidae
Megalodon abbreviatus (von Schlotheim 1820)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Stringocephalidae
Stringocephalus burtini (Defrance 1825)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer hians
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa sp. Dalman 1828
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Uncitidae
Uncites gryphus
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Disphyllum sp. Fromentel 1861
Disphyllum caespitosum (Goldfuss 1826)
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Nordrhein-Westfalen County:Bergisch-Gladbach
Coordinates: 51.0° North, 7.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.9° South, 8.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Middle Devonian
Stage:Eifelian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 3
Key time interval:Eifelian
Age range of interval:393.30000 - 387.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Massenkalk
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Couvin

thickness 120 m
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 1481
Database number:78415
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:F. Reichel
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-02-06 06:36:21 Last modified:2008-03-13 06:14:49
Access level:group members Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

26037. U. Jux. 1960. Die devonischen Riffe im Rheinischen Schiefergebirge [The Devonian reefs of the Rheinisches Schiefergebirge]. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 110(2):186-258 [W. Kiessling/F. Reichel/U. Merkel]