ammonites
Buschteich Quarry, Schleiz, Gattendorfia subinvoluta zone, Thuringia (Carboniferous of Germany)

Where: Germany (50.6° N, 11.8° E: paleocoordinates 10.5° S, 14.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tournaisian (360.7 - 345.3 Ma)

• Lower Tournaisian; Gattendorfia subinvoluta zone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone and lithified shale

• "Flaserkalk", 0.35 m thick

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: D. Weyer. 1977. Ammonoideen aus dem Untertournai von Schleiz (Ostthüringisches Schiefergebirge) [Lower Tournaisian ammonoids from Schleiz (Thuringia)]. Zeitschrift fuer geologische Wissenschaften 5(2):167-185 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 64681: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.09.2006