The Ahbach Formation is a
geologic formation
A geological formation, or simply formation, is a body of rock having a consistent set of physical characteristics ( lithology) that distinguishes it from adjacent bodies of rock, and which occupies a particular position in the layers of rock exp ...
in
Germany
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. It preserves
fossils
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dating back to the
Middle Devonian
The Devonian ( ) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the Silurian, million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Carboniferous, Mya. It is named after Devon, England, wher ...
period.
Fossil content
The formation has provided among others the following fossils:
Ahbach Formation
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* '' Alveolites intermixtus''
* '' Aulopora serpens''
* '' Favosites saginatus''
* '' Heliolites porosus''
* '' Pachytheca stellimicans''
* '' Platyaxum (Platyaxum) escharoides''
* '' Platyaxum (Egosiella) clathratum''
* '' Pseudopalaeoporella lummatonensis''
* '' Thamnophyllum caespitosum''
* '' Thamnopora nicholsoni''
* '' Thamnopora cf. dubia''
* '' Cupressocrinites sp.''
* '' Girvanella sp.''
* '' Resteignella sp.''
* '' Sphaerocodium sp.''
* '' ?Couvinianella sp.''
* Trilobita indet.
See also
* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Germany
See also
* Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Europe
* Geology of Germany
The geology of Germany is heavily influenced by several phases of orogeny in the Paleozoic and the Cenozoic, by sedimentation in shelf seas and epicontinent ...
References
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Further reading
* S. M. L. Pohler, D. Brühl, and B. Mestermann. 1999. Struves Mud Mound am Weinberg - carbonate buildup-Fazies im otomari-Intervall, Hillesheimer Mulde, Eifel truve's mud mound from the Weinberg Quarry - carbonate buildup facies within the otomari interval, Hillesheim syncline, Eifel Hills Senckenbergiana lethaea 79(1):13-29
* U. Koch-Fruchtl and C. T. Gee. 1994. Middle Devonian ''Pseudopalaeoporella lummatonensis'' from the Rhenish Schiefergebirge (Sauerland and Eifel), Western Germany. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 232:1-13
* B.-P. Lütte. 1993. Zur stratigraphischen Verteilung tabulater Korallen im Mittel-Devon der Sätenicher Mulde (Rheinisches Schiefergebirge, Nord-Eifel). Geologica et Palaeontologica 27:55-71
Geologic formations of Germany
Devonian System of Europe
Devonian Germany
Devonian southern paleotemperate deposits
Devonian southern paleotropical deposits
Eifelian Stage
Givetian Stage
Limestone formations
Mudstone formations
Lagoonal deposits
Reef deposits
Shallow marine deposits