The Ahbach Formation is a geologic formation in Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Middle Devonian period.
Fossil content
The formation has provided among others the following fossils:
Alveolites intermixtus
Aulopora serpens
Favosites saginatus
Heliolites porosus
Pachytheca stellimicans
Platyaxum (Platyaxum) escharoides
Platyaxum (Egosiella) clathratum
Pseudopalaeoporella lummatonensis
Thamnophyllum caespitosum
Thamnopora nicholsoni
Thamnopora cf. dubia
Cupressocrinites sp. Girvanella sp. Resteignella sp. Sphaerocodium sp. ?Couvinianella sp. Trilobita indet.
See also
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Germany
References
Further reading
S. M. L. Pohler, D. Brühl, and B. Mestermann. 1999. Struves Mud Mound am Weinberg - carbonate buildup-Fazies im otomari-Intervall, Hillesheimer Mulde, Eifel [Struve's mud mound from the Weinberg Quarry - carbonate buildup facies within the otomari interval, Hillesheim syncline, Eifel Hills]. Senckenbergiana lethaea 79(1):13-29 U. Koch-Fruchtl and C. T. Gee. 1994. Middle Devonian Pseudopalaeoporella lummatonensis from the Rhenish Schiefergebirge (Sauerland and Eifel), Western Germany. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 232:1-13 B.-P. Lütte. 1993. Zur stratigraphischen Verteilung tabulater Korallen im Mittel-Devon der Sätenicher Mulde (Rheinisches Schiefergebirge, Nord-Eifel). Geologica et Palaeontologica 27:55-71