Ahbach Formation
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| name = Ahbach Formation
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| type = Formation
| age = Eifelian-Givetian
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| period = Givetian
| prilithology = Limestone
| otherlithology = Mudstone
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| region = Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz
| country = Germany
| coordinates = {{coord|50.3|N|7.6|E|display=inline,title}}
| paleocoordinates = {{coord|23.0|S|8.|E|display=inline}}
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| subunits = Hallert & Olifant members
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| extent = Eifel, Rhenisch Schiefergebirge
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The Ahbach Formation is a geologic formation in Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Middle Devonian period.
Fossil content
The formation has provided among others the following fossils:[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=23162 Ahbach Formation] at Fossilworks.org
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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.
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See also
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 [Struve'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
Category:Devonian System of Europe
Category:Devonian southern paleotemperate deposits