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Werrakarbonat, Germany

FormationWerrakarbonat
Member(s)Lower
Age:259 - 252 Ma
Permian
IntervalZechstein
Tectonic SettingForeland basin
Lithologybindstone, dolomite
Number of Collections2
Number of Occurrences8

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Altenburg near PössneckSaale-Orla District, Thuringia, GermanyWerrakarbonat
RömersteinBad Sachsa, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, GermanyWerrakarbonat - Lower
Altenburg near Pösnek Saale-Orla District, Thuringia, GermanyWerrakarbonat

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Werrakarbonat - Lower259 - 252 Ma
Permian
bindstone8
Zechstein260 - 254 Ma
Permian
dolomite, "carbonate", "limestone", grainstone, "reef rocks", bafflestone, marl, sandstone, "shale"257

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Tubulites sp.
genus
6Plantae : Chlorophyta : Ulvophyceae : Bryopsidales : Codiaceae : Tubulites259 - 252.3 Ma
Permian
Brachiopoda
phylum
2Animalia : Brachiopoda259 - 252.3 Ma
Permian
Dielasma sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Dielasmatidae : Dielasma259 - 252.3 Ma
Permian
Horridonia horrida
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Productidae : Horridonia : Horridonia horrida259 - 252.3 Ma
Permian
Bryozoa
phylum
2Animalia : Bryozoa259 - 252.3 Ma
Permian
Corynotrypa voigtiana
species
7Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Cyclostomata : Corynotrypidae : Corynotrypa : Corynotrypa voigtiana259 - 252.3 Ma
Permian
Acanthocladia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Fenestellidae : Acanthocladia259 - 252.3 Ma
Permian
Acanthocladia diffusa
species
7Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Acanthocladiidae : Acanthocladia : Acanthocladia diffusa259 - 252.3 Ma
Permian
Penniretepora waltheri
species
7Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Acanthocladiidae : Penniretepora : Penniretepora waltheri259 - 252.3 Ma
Permian
Synocladia dubia
species
7Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Acanthocladiidae : Synocladia : Synocladia dubia259 - 252.3 Ma
Permian
Rectifenestella retiformis
species
7Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Fenestellidae : Rectifenestella : Rectifenestella retiformis259 - 252.3 Ma
Permian
Bivalvia
class
3Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia259 - 252.3 Ma
Permian
Girvanella sp.
genus
6Bacteria : Cyanobacteria : Cyanophyceae : Porostromataceae : Girvanella259 - 252.3 Ma
Permian
Solenopora sp.
genus
6Plantae : Rhodophyta : Rhodophyceae : Solenoporaceae : Solenopora259 - 252.3 Ma
Permian

References

Geinitz H. B. Über organische Reste im Zechstein bei Altenburg, Ronneburg und Gera, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde 1841, 637-642
Paul J. (1980) Upper Permian algal stromatolite reefs, Harz Mountains, Germany, Contributions to Sedimentology 9, 253-268
Ernst A. (2001) Bryozoa of the Upper Permian Zechstein Formation of Germany, Senckenbergiana Lethaea 81 1, 135-181
Ernst A. (2002) Some calcareous algae from the Zechstein, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 2002 11, 681-692
Lisitsyn D.V., Ernst A. (2004) A revision of the Paleozoic bryozoan genera Synocladia and Thamniscus, Paleontological Journal 38 3, 285-293
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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