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  • Putative branchiopod and vertebrate eggs from the Remigiusberg Lagerstätte (Pennsylvanian-Permian boundary) of the Saar-Nahe Basin, SW Germany [Putative branchiopod and vertebrate eggs from the Remigiusberg Lagerstätte (Pennsylvanian-Permian boundary) of the Saar-Nahe Basin, SW Germany]
Title: Putative branchiopod and vertebrate eggs from the Remigiusberg Lagerstätte (Pennsylvanian-Permian boundary) of the Saar-Nahe Basin, SW Germany [Putative branchiopod and vertebrate eggs from the Remigiusberg Lagerstätte (Pennsylvanian-Permian boundary) of the Saar-Nahe Basin, SW Germany]
Two different morphotypes of fossil spheroidal and subcircular objects from the Pennsylvanian-Permian Remigiusberg Formation of the Saar-Nahe Basin are figured and described. These are interpreted as most likely representing branchiopod crustacean resting eggs and tetrapod egg strings, respectively. The putative presence of an arthropod egg bank indicates a stressed depositional palaeoenvironment near the excavated section and survival strategies of the producers comparable to those of extant branchiopod crustaceans. This highlights the exceptional preservation potential of the Remigiusberg Lagerstätte, hitherto mainly renowned for the occurrence of a diverse vertebrate fauna including many terrestrial taxa.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2216215
PAR ID:
10633704
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Schweizerbart Science Publishers
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen
Volume:
313
Issue:
2
ISSN:
0077-7749
Page Range / eLocation ID:
111 to 130
Subject(s) / Keyword(s):
Arthropoda Vertebrata fossil eggs Pennsylvanian Permian paleoecology Germany taphonomy paleontology crustacea branchiopoda
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Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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