More formally, the Hunsruck Slate is properly designated as a Konservat Lagerstätte due to the many fossils that exhibit preservation of soft tissues. Preservation and taphonomy. Hunsrück is one of the few marine Devonian Lagerstätte having soft tissue preservation, and in many cases fossils are coated by a pyritic surface layer.
The fossils of the Hunsruck Slate: Marine life in the Devonian is certainly a welcome addition to these books. The Hunsruck Slate is the best-known of Devonian lagerstätten; it outcrops in the Rhenish Massif, western Germany, and contains a diverse marine fauna. This book represents an enhanced and revised version of an earlier (1990) book on ...
Fossils found in the Hunsrück Slate geologic formation — a Devonian period Lagerstätte found in Germany; Pages in category "Hunsrück Slate fossils" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes ...
Fossils are known from Europe, North America and southern Africa. Although intact starfish fossils are uncommon, there are a few locations where accumulations of complete skeletal structures occurred, like the "starfish beds" of the Hunsruck slate. This specimen measures 3.9" wide and located on a 4.5x3.7 piece of slate.
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The Fossils of the Hunsrück Slate: Marine Life in the ...
This beautifully illustrated book describes one of the most famous fossil deposits known: the Hunsruck Slate of Germany. These spectacular fossils, in which not just the hard parts but also the soft-tissues of the animals are preserved in pyrite in many cases, provide the most complete record available of life in the Devonian seas. First ...
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Bundenbach Fossils - Hunsruck Slate - Devonian Life
The classic site Bundenbach in Southwest Germany, Hunsruck region, counting over 270 animal species is the most important fossil occurrence worldwide from the (Lower) Devonian period, around 400 million years ago. The fossils owe the uniqueness of their preservation to special circumstances. The remains of organisms are often pyritized as a result of early diagnostic bacterial processes and ...
Ferdinand Roemer (1862) published the first paper on the Hunsrück fossils, and key workers that followed (e.g., Opitz, Richter, Lehmann, and Stürmer) advanced knowledge of the fossils at the site, as well as the nature of marine ecosystems during the Devonian. Location of the Hunsruck Slate lagerstatte today: Locality of the Hunsruck Slate ...
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The Fossils of the Hunsrück Slate: Marine Life in the ...
Synopsis This beautifully illustrated book describes one of the most famous fossil deposits known: the Hunsruck Slate of Germany. These spectacular fossils, in which not just the hard parts but also the soft-tissues of the animals are preserved in pyrite in many cases, provide the most ...
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Hunsruck Slate Archives - Carnegie Museum of Natural History
The Hunsrück Slate of Germany is a 390 million-year-old metamorphosed black shale from the early Devonian Period known for its exceptional fossil preservation called Lagerstätten. A Lagerstätten is a fossil unit where fossils are preserved remarkably well. The Hunsrück Slate is the same age as the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania.
