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Tannenknock - Wildenstein, Kulmbach District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

FormationTannenknock
MemberWildenstein
Age:505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
IntervalUndillan
Lithologyshale/sandstone
Number of Collections4
Number of Occurrences34

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Locality W08. Triebenreuth localityKulmbach District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, GermanyTannenknock - Wildenstein
Locality W14a. K1Kulmbach District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, GermanyTannenknock - Wildenstein
Locality W18a. QKulmbach District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, GermanyTannenknock - Wildenstein
Locality W09. SteinbruchKulmbach District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, GermanyTannenknock - Wildenstein

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Tannenknock - Galgenberg505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
shale/sandstone92

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Hyolitha
phylum
2Animalia : Hyolitha505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Hyolithida
order
4Animalia : Hyolitha : Hyolithida505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Aladraco schloppensis
species
7Animalia : Hyolitha : Hyolithida : Aladracidae : Aladraco : Aladraco schloppensis505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Cambrachelous diploprosopus
species
7Animalia : Hyolitha : Hyolithida : Aladracidae : Cambrachelous : Cambrachelous diploprosopus505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Grantitheca sp.
genus
6Animalia : Hyolitha : Hyolithida : Grantitheca505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Jincelites vogeli
species
7Animalia : Hyolitha : Hyolithida : Jincelites : Jincelites vogeli505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Maxilites sp.
genus
6Animalia : Hyolitha : Hyolithida : Maxilites505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Hexitheca sp.
genus
6Animalia : Hyolitha : Orthothecida : Hexitheca505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Parasolenopleura wurmi
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Agnostida : Solenopleuridae : Parasolenopleura : Parasolenopleura wurmi505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Kingaspidoides alberti
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Ellipsocephalidae : Kingaspidoides : Kingaspidoides alberti505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Kingaspidoides frankenwaldensis
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Ellipsocephalidae : Kingaspidoides : Kingaspidoides frankenwaldensis505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Kingaspidoides meieri
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Ellipsocephalidae : Kingaspidoides : Kingaspidoides meieri505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Ornamentaspis sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Ellipsocephalidae : Ornamentaspis505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Helcionelloidea
superfamily
4.7Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Helcionellida : Helcionelloidea505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Bemella sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Helcionellida : Helcionellidae : Bemella505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Helcionella sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Helcionellida : Helcionellidae : Helcionella505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Helcionella capula
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Helcionellida : Helcionellidae : Helcionella : Helcionella capula505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Igorella sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Helcionellida : Helcionellidae : Igorella505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Ilsanella oblonga
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Helcionellida : Helcionellidae : Ilsanella : Ilsanella oblonga505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Leptostega frankenwaldensis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Helcionellida : Helcionellidae : Leptostega : Leptostega frankenwaldensis505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Dorispira comma
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Helcionellida : Rugaeconidae : Dorispira : Dorispira comma505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Yochelcionella sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Helcionellida : Yochelcionellidae : Yochelcionella505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Pelagiella sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Pelagiellidae : Pelagiella505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Stenothecoides sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Cambridiidae : Stenothecoides505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian

References

Geyer G. (2017) Trilobites of the Galgenberg Member (Tannenknock Formation), middle Cambrian Stage 5, Franconian Forest, Germany: a paradigmatic lowermost middle Cambrian West Gondwanan fauna, Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 91, 5-70 doi:DOI 10.1007/s12542-017-0339-7
Geyer G., Valent M., et al (2018) Helcionelloids, stenothecoids and hyoliths from the Tannenknock Formation (traditional lower middle Stage 4/Wuliuan boundary interval) of the Franconian Forest, Germany, Palaeontologische Zeitschrift doi:10.1007/s12542-018-0433-5
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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