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Euproops bifidus Siegfried, 1972
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Taxonomy
Horseshoe Crab
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Xiphosura
Order: Xiphosurida
Family: Bellinuridae
Genus: Euproops
Species: Euproops bifidus
Author Citation Siegfried, 1972
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Paleozoic
Period: Carboniferous
Sub Period: Pennsylvanian
Epoch: Middle
International Age: Moskovian
Stratigraphy
Late Carboniferous Coal Measures
Osnabrück Formation
Biostratigraphy
Flöz Zweibänke
Provenance
Collector: T. Bastelberger
Date Collected: 07/01/2002
Acquired by: Field Collection
Location
Zeche Piesberg
Ibbenbüren
Lower Saxony
Germany
Comments
Clay stone layer above the ‘Zweibänke’ coal seam.
Steinbruch Piesberg is a sandstone quarry. The quarry itself has been active since the middle of the 19th century, but the mining activities at this location date from as early as 1461.
The area was first mined for coal. Piesberg is one of the very few outcrops in Northern Germany where you can dig Carboniferous layers. The quarry itself is famous for its plant fossils from the Carboniferous period, but you can also find remains of dragonflies, roaches, arachnids, arthropleuridae, scorpions and of course horseshoe crabs. Freshwater shells also occur, but they are rare.
References:
P. Siegfried. Ein Schwertschwanz aus dem Oberkarbon von Ibbenbüren / Westf., Paläontologische Zeitschrift, Vol. 46, Nr. 3-4 (1972), p. 180-185
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