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Wallen Slate, Brilon, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Formation	Wallen Slate
Age:	388 - 384 Ma Middle Devonian
Interval	Late Givetian
Lithology	claystone/"carbonate"
Number of Collections	4
Number of Occurrences	37

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Wallen Slate	Brilon, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Wallen Slate

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Brilon Shale	388 - 384 Ma Middle Devonian	limestone	6

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Tentaculites sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Tentaculitidae : *Tentaculites*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Asteropyge sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Calmoniidae : *Asteropyge*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Pedinopariops sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Phacopidae : *Pedinopariops*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Phacops sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Phacopidae : *Phacops*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Dechenella sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : *Dechenella*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Proetus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : *Proetus*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Orbiculoidea sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Lingulata : Lingulida : Discinidae : *Orbiculoidea*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Atrypa reticularis species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Atrypida : Atrypidae : Atrypa : *Atrypa reticularis*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Atrypidae family	5	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Atrypida : Atrypidae	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Desquamatia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Atrypida : Atrypidae : *Desquamatia*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Invertrypa sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Atrypida : Atrypidae : *Invertrypa*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Kayserella sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Kayserellidae : *Kayserella*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Aulacella sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Rhipidomellidae : *Aulacella*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Schizophoria sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Schizophoriidae : *Schizophoria*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Reticulariidae family	5	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Reticulariidae	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Cyrtina sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferinida : Cyrtinidae : *Cyrtina*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Chonetidina suborder	4.3	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Chonetidina	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Strophomenida order	4	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Parastrophonella sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Douvillinidae : *Parastrophonella*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Protodouvillina sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Douvillinidae : *Protodouvillina*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Leptaena analogaeformis species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Rafinesquinidae : Leptaena : *Leptaena analogaeformis*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Fenestellidae family	5	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Fenestellidae	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Procteria sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Micheliniidae : *Procteria*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Microcyclus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Hadrophyllidae : *Microcyclus*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Crinoidea class	3	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Lepidocentrus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Lepidocentridae : *Lepidocentrus*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Bivalvia class	3	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian

References

Muller H. (1990) Zur Altersfrage und Faunenführung der Briloner Schiefer im nordöstlichen Sauerland (Mitteldevon, Rheinisches Schiefergebirge), Geologisches Jahrbüch, Reihe D: Mineralogie, Petrographie, Geochemie, und Lagerstättenkunde 95, 7-42

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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