Eisenberg Horizon of the Eifelian Hills, Germany, Vallendar substage Devonian (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Eifel, Germany (50.0° N, 7.0° E: paleocoordinates 27.1° S, 9.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Gladbach Formation, Emsian (407.6 - 393.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; gray siltstone and gray, green sandstone

• "Lower part: gray siltstone with single greenish-gray and gray, mostly somewhat quartzitic sandstone. Upper part: gray siltstone with numerous successions of gray or reddish-gray quartzitic sandstone."

Collection methods: "The few fossil layer are characterized by lamellibranchs. The quartz sandstone contains more diverse faunas in which numerous lamellibranchs occur."

Primary reference: G. Fuchs. 1982. Upper Siegenian and Lower Emsian in the Eifel Hills. CFS. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 55:229-255 [A. Miller/J. Sessa/J. Sessa]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24695: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 17.08.2002

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Taxonomic list

• Most common taxa are listed in text.
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Micheliniidae
Pleurodictyum indet. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Leiopteria indet." = Leptodesma (Leiopteria)
"Leiopteria indet." = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) Hall 1883 oyster
 Cardiida -
Cypricardella indet. Hall 1856 clam
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
Grammysia indet. de Verneuil 1847 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites indet. Conrad 1841 clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana indet. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo indet. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetidae indet. Bronn 1862
Chonetids
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
 Orthida - Platyorthidae
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
 Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
 Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Terebratulida - Meganterididae
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Homalonotidae indet. Chapman 1890 trilobite
Homalonotids