Genkeltalsperre, Bredenbruch, Gummersbach, Rhenish Massif (Devonian of Germany)

Also known as Reef 1591

Where: Nordrhein-Westfalen,, Germany (51.1° N, 7.6° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 16.2° S, 14.4° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Honseler Schichten Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks and marl

• patch reef
• massive limestone, dark marl (clasts)

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 77048: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Falko Reichel on 18.12.2007

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Taxonomic list

• fossil of dark marl: crinoids, brachiopods,
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Anthozoa
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolites suborbicularis
Alveolites suborbicularis Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
Acanthophyllum sp.
Acanthophyllum sp. Dybowski 1873 horn coral
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Disphyllum sp., Hexagonaria quadrigemina
Disphyllum sp. Fromentel 1861 horn coral
 Cystiphyllida - Digonophyllidae
Mesophyllum sp.
Mesophyllum sp. Schlüter 1889 horn coral
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa desquamata, Atrypa aspera
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria striatula
Schizophoria striatula von Schlotheim 1813
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
"Cyrtina heteroclyta" = Cyrtina (Cyrtina) heteroclyta
"Cyrtina heteroclyta" = Cyrtina (Cyrtina) heteroclyta DeFrance 1819