looking for articles and websites on Brachiopods from Eifel (Germany)

[ziggycardon]

Hi everyone!

 

Yesterday I bought a collection of fossils from a retired fossil hunter, included in the lot was a box full of devonian Brachiopods from the Eifel region (mainly Gerolstein) in Germany.

I find Brachiopods very interesting and I am getting better at ID'ing them, but there are quite a few species I've never really seen before and my usual ID website of Paleontica doesn't seem to have most in their database.
So I was hoping if anyone here has some handy articles, papers or websites which might help with my quest on ID'ing these critters.

PS. I was also planning on posting the ones I really can't figure out, but since I am leaving for Solnhofen tomorrow I wanted to get my hands on some good sources first.

 

Thank you in advance!

[Coco]

Hi,

 

@Le père de Tidgy

 

Coco

[rocket]

there are a lot of papers...

 

the currently most useful is 3926129301 - Eifel-Brachiopoden. Beschreibung der aus dem Mitteldevon der Eifel bekannten Brachiopoden - Hans J. Jungheim (eurobuch.de) 

 

(do not know if it is cheaper on the market, the price they ask is the normal one on the market as far as I know)

 

lot of single papers are free for download, like the attached ones

 

 

 

853828500_BrachiopodenEifel.pdf Z-dtsch-Geol-Ges_23_0491-0647.pdf

[Bobby Rico]

don’t worry Ziggy we got a guy on Brachiopods when you can’t go any further yourself . 

[rocket]

18 minutes ago, ziggycardon said:

 

PS. I was also planning on posting the ones I really can't figure out, but since I am leaving for Solnhofen tomorrow I wanted to get my hands on some good sources first.

 

 

thats always the best, post them, love to see them all 

[FossilNerd]

@Ludwigia 

 

I wonder if Roger has any references to share?

[Ludwigia]

Sorry, but I can't add anything here.

[Tidgy's Dad]

You have been given excellent references by @rocket, I can't do any better at this time, though the Treatise might be of help. 

Any problems, please post them in Fossil ID, Ziggy, old chap, and I'll do my very best to help out. 

Very happy to hear that the brachiopod bug has got hold of you. 

Edited May 17, 2023 by Tidgy's Dad

[ziggycardon]

Thanks to everyone for the replies and input.
During my search I also found this article on devonian fauna of the Eifel from a Dutch geological society. 

While it doesn't have pictures it does have some drawings that could be helpfull for future readers who might stumble upon this topic with the same questions as I do.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjBgeKYwfz-AhUJs6QKHcllCsEQFnoECA8QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fnatuurtijdschriften.nl%2Fpub%2F414698%2FGEA1987020001002.pdf&usg=AOvVaw2H5tqewbTxYhofbetQGL_d

 

5 hours ago, rocket said:

there are a lot of papers...

 

the currently most useful is 3926129301 - Eifel-Brachiopoden. Beschreibung der aus dem Mitteldevon der Eifel bekannten Brachiopoden - Hans J. Jungheim (eurobuch.de) 

 

(do not know if it is cheaper on the market, the price they ask is the normal one on the market as far as I know)

 

lot of single papers are free for download, like the attached ones.

Thank you, definiatly some helpfull stuff and I might get myself that book.

Seems a very informative one and since many of the Brachiopod fauna from the Eifel region corresponds with the one from the Ardennes it might be helpfull for ID'ing some of my future finds as well.

 

43 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

You have been given excellent references by @rocket, I can' do any better at this time, though the Treatise might be of help. 

Any problems, please post them in Fossil ID, Ziggy, old chap, and I'll do my very best to help out. 

Very happy to hear that the braciopod bug has got hold of you. 

Thank you, I always happy to know that I have you as backup when it comes on ID'ing Brachiopods.  

I'll definiatly be posting them after my trip to Solnhofen as it is quite a nice collection overall.
Besides the Eifel Brachiopods I had a couple of containers full with Brachiopods from Luc Sur Mer in France (most of which I have managed to sort and ID already)

Belemnites from France, the Netherlands and Germany.

Some 40 small Ammonites from Vaches Noires and a couple of little ones from the Nurnberg region in Germany.

A small dragonfly larvae from the Miocene of Italy.

And a lot of trilobites from Vireux (France) and Gerolstein (Germany), as wel 2 or 3 bugs from other countries which was mainly the reason for aqcuiring the collection in the first place.