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Honseler Schichten, Germany

FormationHonseler Schichten
Member(s)basal portion
Age:388 - 383 Ma
Devonian
IntervalGivetian
Lithologyreef rocks/marl, "shale"
Number of Collections5
Number of Occurrences33

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Elberfeld LocalityWuppertal, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyHonseler Schichten
HartbergUpper Franconia, Bavaria, GermanyHonseler Schichten
KronprinzenalleeWuppertal, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyHonseler Schichten
Wegaufschluss auf dem Lange-BergeHagen, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyHonseler Schichten - basal portion
GenkeltalsperreGummersbach, Oberbergischer Kreis, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyHonseler Schichten
Schaffeld im DhünntalRheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyHonseler Schichten

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Honseler Schichten - basal portion388 - 383 Ma
Devonian
sandstone1

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Aneurophyton sp.
genus
6Plantae : Aneurophytophyta : Aneurophytopsida : Aneurophytales : Aneurophytaceae : Aneurophyton387.7 - 382.7 Ma
Devonian
Duisbergia sp.
genus
6Duisbergia387.7 - 382.7 Ma
Devonian
Psilophyton sp.
genus
6Plantae : Tracheophyta : Trimerophytaceae : Psilophyton387.7 - 382.7 Ma
Devonian
Atrypa sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Atrypida : Atrypidae : Atrypa387.7 - 382.7 Ma
Devonian
Schizophoria striatula
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Schizophoriidae : Schizophoria : Schizophoria striatula387.7 - 382.7 Ma
Devonian
Cyrtina (Cyrtina) heteroclyta
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferinida : Cyrtinidae : Cyrtina : Cyrtina (Cyrtina) heteroclyta387.7 - 382.7 Ma
Devonian
Mesophyllum sp.
genus
6Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Cystiphyllida : Digonophyllidae : Mesophyllum387.7 - 382.7 Ma
Devonian
Alveolites sp.
genus
6Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Alveolitidae : Alveolites387.7 - 382.7 Ma
Devonian
Disphyllum sp.
genus
6Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Phillipsastraeidae : Disphyllum387.7 - 382.7 Ma
Devonian
Hexagonaria sp.
genus
6Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Disphyllidae : Hexagonaria387.7 - 382.7 Ma
Devonian
Acanthophyllum sp.
genus
6Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Ptenophyllidae : Acanthophyllum387.7 - 382.7 Ma
Devonian
Pedasiola rhenana
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pterothecidae : Pedasiola : Pedasiola rhenana387.7 - 382.7 Ma
Devonian
Scalitina montana
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Raphistomatidae : Scalitina : Scalitina montana387.7 - 382.7 Ma
Devonian
Calamophyton sp.
genus
6Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Hyeniaceae : Calamophyton387.7 - 382.7 Ma
Devonian
Cladoxylon sp.
genus
6Plantae : Tracheophyta : Cladoxylon387.7 - 382.7 Ma
Devonian
Hyenia sp.
genus
6Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Hyeniaceae : Hyenia387.7 - 382.7 Ma
Devonian

References

Spriesterbach J. (1919) Neue Vesteineinenngen aus dem Lemmeschifer, Jahrbuch der Königlich Preufsischen geologischen Landesanstalt zu Berlin 38 1, 434-512
Krausel R., Weyland H. (1923) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Devonflora. I. Die Fundorte der beschriebenen Pflazen, Senckenbergiana 5, 154-184
Scott D. H. (1926) New Discoveries in the Middle Devonian Flora of Germany, New Phytologist 25 5, 373-379
Krausel R., Weyland H. (1926) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Devonflora V. Uber Material und Fundorte, Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft Abhandlungen 40, 114-155
Krausel R., Weyland H. (1929) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Devonflora III, Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft (Frankfurt am Main) 41, 315-360
Krausel V. R., Weyland H. (1932) Pflanzenreste aus dem Devon III. Uber Hyenia Nath, Senckenbergiana 14 4/5, 274-280
Krausel R., Weyland H. (1938) Neue Pflanzenfunde im Mitteldevon von Elberfeld, Palaeontographica Abteilung B 83, 172-195
Jux U. (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
Lessuisse A., Fairon-Demaret M. (1980) Le gisement a plantes de Niaster (Aywaille, Belgique): repere biostratigraphique noveau aux abords de la limite Covinien-Givetien, Annales de la Societe Geologique de Belgique 103, 157-181
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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