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A new lowermost middle Cambrian (Series 3, Stage 5) faunule from Saxony (Germany) and its bearing on the tectonostratigraphic history of the Saxothuringian domain

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The core of borehole 1209/78 west of Doberlug–Kirchhain and south of Herzberg in the Torgau–Doberlug Syncline records an atypical lower part of the Tröbitz Formation with thin limestone horizons. These limestone layers include the remains of a low to moderately diverse fauna with the trilobites Protolenus (Hupeolenus) bergstroemi n. sp., Cambrunicornia saxonica n. sp., Ornamentaspis? aff. todraensis Geyer 1990a, Calodiscus? n. sp., the remains of two undetermined olenelloid? and paradoxidid? species, at least two brachiopods (Trematobolus, undetermined acrotretoid), and one hyolith. The fauna clearly suggests a position in the lower Agdzian stage of the West Gondwana chronostratigraphic scheme and correlation with the lowermost to lower Middle Cambrian strata in regions such as the Moroccan Atlas ranges and northern Spain, so the assemblages represent the oldest Middle Cambrian fauna known from the Saxothuringian domain and reconfirm the palaeogeographic position in the Perigondwanan segment. The lithological differences of the fossiliferous cores from those of the typical Tröbitz Formation and the recorded high-energy conditions indicate high-frequency sea-level changes suggesting that this part of the succession may be a late stage of the subglobally recognizable eustatic sea-level fluctuations at the traditional Lower–Middle Cambrian boundary interval.

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Bohrkerne der westlich von Doberlug–Kirchhain und südlich von Herzberg in der Torgau–Doberlug–Synkline niedergebrachten Bohrung 1209/78 zeigen einen atypisch ausgebildeten unteren Teil der Tröbitz-Formation mit dünnen Kalkstein-Horizonten. Diese Kalkstein-Lagen beinhalten eine gering bis mittelstark diverse Fauna mit den Trilobiten Protolenus (Hupeolenus) bergstroemi n. sp., Cambrunicornia saxonica n. sp., Ornamentaspis? aff. todraensis Geyer 1990, Calodiscus? n. sp., Resten von zwei unbestimmbaren Arten vermutlich olenelloider und paradoxidider Trilobiten, mindestens zwei Brachiopoden (Trematobolus, ein nicht präzise bestimmbarer Acrotretide) sowie einem Hyolithen-Operculum. Die Fauna belegt eine stratigraphische Position im unteren Agdzium der für West-Gondwana gültigen chronostratigraphischen Gliederung und korreliert mit Schichten des untersten bis unteren Mittelkambrium in Regionen wie den marokkanischen Atlas-Ketten und Nord-Spanien. Damit repräsentieren die Vergesellschaftungen die ältesten mittelkambrischen Faunen, die aus dem Saxothuringikum bekannt geworden sind. Sie bestätigen ebenso die paläogeographische Position im Perigondwana-Segment. Die lithologischen Unterschiede der fossilführenden Schichten zur typischen Ausbildung der Tröbitz-Formation und die dokumentierten hochenergetischen Ablagerungsbedingungen lassen hochfrequente Meeresspiegelschwankungen in diesem Teil des Profils vermuten und scheinen eine späte Phase der subglobal nachweisbaren eustatischen Meeresspiegelschwankungen im traditionellen Übergangsbereich Unter-/Mittelkambrium abzubilden.

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Preparation of this article was made possible by research grant GE 549/21-1 of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) to G.G. Most of the photography and of the preparation was performed in the research laboratory of J.S. Peel at Uppsala University, which is gratefully acknowledged. Sincere thanks are due to A. Żylińska, University of Warsaw, and R. Gozalo, Universitat de València, Burjassot, for thorough review and helpful remarks on the manuscript, to M. Streng, Uppsala University, for kind assistance and information on the acrotretoid specimens, and to E. Landing, New York State Museum, Albany, NY, for explanations of G.F. Matthew’s original stratigraphic concepts.

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    Gerd Geyer

  2. Department of Earth Sciences (Palaeobiology), Uppsala University, Villavägen 16, 752 36, Uppsala, Sweden

    Gerd Geyer

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Geyer, G., Buschmann, B. & Elicki, O. A new lowermost middle Cambrian (Series 3, Stage 5) faunule from Saxony (Germany) and its bearing on the tectonostratigraphic history of the Saxothuringian domain. Paläontol Z 88, 239–262 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-013-0195-z

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