Oberhausen: Moscovian - Rotliegendes, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
cf. Arnhardtia scheibei
(Gothan) Haubold et Kerp
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palaeoxanthopsidae
Remia pinnatifida
(Gutbier) Kerp
unclassified
Hermitia germanica
(Florin) Kerp et Clement-Westerhof
Otovicia hypnoides
(Brongniart) nov. comb.
Rachiphyllum schenkii
(Heyer) Kerp
Baieridium aphlebiaeforme
Gothan et Gimm
Coniferales
Ernestiodendron filiciforme (Schlotheim 1927)
(Schlotheim) Florin
Pinopsida - Pinales
Gomphostrobus bifidus
(Geinitz) Potonie
unclassified
Trigonocarpus sp. seed/fruit Brongniart 1828
Brongniart
Medullosaceae
cf. Neuropteris cordata
Brongniart
Peltaspermopsida - Peltaspermales - Peltaspermaceae
Odontopteris lingulata
(Goppert) Schimper
Ginkgoopsida - Callistophytales
Dicksonites leptophylla
(Bunbury) Doubinger
Ginkgoopsida - Ginkgoales
Sphenobaiera digitata
(Brongniart) Florin
unclassified
cf. Dicranophyllum gallicum Grand'Eury 1877
Grand'Eury
Walchia piniformis
Sternberg
Rhabdocarpus ovoideus seed/fruit
Goppert et Berger
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Calamitaceae
Calamites sp. Suckow 1784
Brongniart
Calamites gigas
Brongniart
Calamostachys dumasii
(Jongmans) Zeiller
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales
Annularia spicata
(Gutbier) Schimper
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Bavaria County:Saar-Nahe area
Coordinates: 49.7° North, 7.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:7.4° North, 21.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Carboniferous - Permian Epoch: Pennsylvanian
Stage: Moscovian 10 m.y. bin: Carboniferous 4 - Permian 2-4
*Period:Late/Upper Carboniferous - Early/Lower Permian *Local age/stage:Early/Lower Rotliegend
Key time interval: Moscovian - Rotliegendes Zone:  L-0 10 subunit
Age range of interval: 315.2 - 259.51 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Odernheim-Lauterecken
Regional section:Saar-Nahe Basin
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Possibly Late Carboniferous but Kerp et al. 1990 think Asselian-Sakmarian age may be more correct. Bed is assignable to the upper sub-unit of the Lauterecken-Odernheim Schichten (L-0 10) subunit of Boy and Fichter 1982.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:wave ripples,planar lamination siltstone
Secondary lithology: "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original carbon
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:allochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:20941
Authorizer:H. Sims Enterer:H. Lindon, H. Sims
Modifier:A. McGowan Research group:paleobotany
Created:2002-06-12 13:25:14 Last modified:2003-09-16 17:02:09
Access level:the public Released:2002-06-12 13:25:14
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
6448. J. H. F. Kerp, R. J. Poort, H. A. J. M. Swinkels and R. Verwer. 1990. Aspects of Permian palaeobotany and palynology. IX. Conifer-dominated Rotliegend floras from the Saar-Nahe Basin (?Late Carboniferous-Early Permian; SW-Germany) with special reference to the reproductive biology of early conifers. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 62:205-248 [H. Sims/H. Lindon/J. Cassara]