Gastropods of the Lahn Basin Limestones: Villmar (Devonian of Germany)
Where: Hessen, Germany (50.4° N, 8.2° E: paleocoordinates 22.7° S, 8.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Givetian (388.1 - 383.7 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; limestone and reef rocks
• Deposits intimately associated with reefs. Outcrop belt of Lahn Basin trends SW-NE.
• "Massenkalk" and "Riffkalk"
Primary reference: D. Heidelberger. 2001. Mitteldevonische (Givetische) Gastropoden (Mollusca) aus der Lahnmulde (suedliches Rheinisches Schiefergebirge). Geologische Abhandlungen Hessen 106:1-291 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote] more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 38353: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 20.04.2004