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Famennian brachiopod and gastropod occurrences on top of Devonian seamounts, Elbingerode and Iberg Reefs, Harz Mts., Germany

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Famennian brachiopods and gastropods occur locally on top of the Elbingerode and Iberg Reefs (Harz Mts.). The Elbingerode occurrence is found in a small depression of the former reef surface and belongs to thePalmatolepis triangularis conodont-zone. It is a brachiopod-gastropod packstone, which also contains limited numbers of crinoids, solitary corals, and trilobites. The Iberg occurrence is a crinoid grainstone, which contains few brachiopods and solitary corals. The grainstone is found in two neptunian dikes cutting the reef, and belongs to thePalmatolepis marginifera conodont-zone. Five brachiopod and five gastropod taxa are described, with the new speciesHolopea ruchholzi. Stable isotopes (δ13C, δ18O) of cement and matrix of Famennian limestones suggest no relation to a methane seep, as described for the different, late Visean brachiopod limestone on top of the Iberg Reef.

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Brachiopoden und Gastropoden des Famenne treten lokal begrenzt auf dem Elbingeröder und Iberger Riff (Harz) auf. Das Elbingeröder Vorkommen liegt in einer Vertiefung der ehemaligen Riffoberfläche und gehört stratigraphisch in diePalmatolepis triangularis Conodonten-Zone. Es handelt sich um Brachiopoden- Gastropoden-Packstones, in denen untergeordnet auch Crinoiden, solitäre Korallen und Trilobiten vorkommen. Das Iberger Vorkommen ist ein Crinoiden-Grainstone, in dem untergeordnet auch Brachiopoden und Korallen vorliegen. Der Kalk tritt in zwei neptunischen Spalten im Riff auf und ist stratigraphisch in diePalmatolepis marginifera Conodonten-Zone einzustufen. Insgesamt werden fünf Brachiopoden- und fünf Gastropoden-Taxa beschrieben, darunter die neue ArtHolopea ruchholzi. Stabile Isotope (δ13C, δ18O) von Zementen und Matrix der Famenne-Kalke legen nahe, daß die beschriebenen Faunen in keinem Zusammenhang mit einem Methan-Seep stehen, wie es für spätunterkarbonische Brachiopodenkalke des Iberger Riffs gezeigt werden konnte.

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  1. Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Senckenberganlage 32, D-60054, Frankfurt am Main

    Eberhard Gischler

  2. Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Twarda 51/55, 00-818, Warszawa, Poland

    Andrzej Balinski

  3. Umweltministerium Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schloßstraße 4, D-19053, Schwerin

    Arnold Fuchs

  4. Kapellenstraße 8-10, D-61440, Oberursel

    Doris Heidelberger

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Gischler, E., Balinski, A., Fuchs, A. et al. Famennian brachiopod and gastropod occurrences on top of Devonian seamounts, Elbingerode and Iberg Reefs, Harz Mts., Germany. Senckenbergiana lethaea 84, 125–139 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03043468

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