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Presseck, Kulmbach District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germanyi
Regional Level Types
PresseckMunicipality
Kulmbach DistrictDistrict
Upper FranconiaAdministrative District
BavariaState
GermanyCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Presseck2,159 (2013)
Kunreuth1,411 (2018)
Reichenbach824 (2018)
Mindat Locality ID:
469956
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:469956:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Presseck, arrondissement de Kulmbach, District de Haute-Franconie, Bavière, Allemagne
German:
Presseck, Landkreis Kulmbach, Oberfranken, Bayern, Deutschland
Italian:
Presseck, circondario di Kulmbach, Distretto dell'Alta Franconia, Baviera, Germania
Russian:
Прессек, Кульмбах, Верхняя Франкония, Бавария, Германия
Simplified Chinese:
普雷塞克, 库尔姆巴赫县, 上弗兰肯行政区, 巴伐利亚, 德国
Spanish:
Presseck, Kulmbach, Alta Franconia, Baviera, Alemania
Armenian:
Պրեսեկ, Կուլմբախ, Վերին Ֆրանկոնիա, Բավարիա, Գերմանիա
Basque:
Presseck, Frankonia Garaia, Bavaria, Alemania
Bavarian:
Presseck, Landkroas Kulmbach, Obafrankn, Bayern, Deitschland
Cebuano:
Presseck , Landkreis Kulmbach, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Alemanya
Chechen:
Прессекк, Бавари, Германи
Danish:
Presseck, Landkreis Kulmbach, Oberfranken, Bayern, Tyskland
Dutch:
Presseck, Kulmbach, Regierungsbezirk Oberfranken, Beieren, Duitsland
Esperanto:
Presseck, Distrikto Kulmbach, Supra Frankonio, Bavario, Germanio
Hungarian:
Presseck, Kulmbach járás, Felső-Frankföld, Bajorország, Németország
Irish Gaelic:
Presseck, An Bhaváir, An Ghearmáin
Japanese:
プレセック, クルムバッハ郡, オーバーフランケン, バイエルン州, ドイツ
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Прессек, Кульмбах, Бавария, Германия
Kurdish (Latin Script):
Presseck, Bayern, Almanya
Kyrgyz:
Прессек, Бавария, Германия
Ladin:
Presseck
Lombard:
Presseck, Kulmbach, Alta Francònia, Baviera, Germania
Malay:
Presseck, Kulmbach, Bavaria, Jerman
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Presseck, Bayern, Tek-kok
Piedmontese:
Presseck, Baviera, Almagna
Polish:
Presseck, Powiat Kulmbach, Górna Frankonia, Bawaria, Niemcy
Portuguese:
Presseck, Kulmbach, Alta Francónia, Baviera, Alemanha
Romanian:
Presseck, Districtul Kulmbach, Franconia Superioară, Bavaria, Germania
Serbian:
Пресек, Горња Франконија, Баварска, Њемачка
Serbo-Croatian:
Presseck, Gornja Frankonija, Bavarska, Njemačka
Swedish:
Presseck, Landkreis Kulmbach, Oberfranken, Bayern, Tyskland
Tatar:
Прессекк, Югары Франкония, Бавария, Алмания
Traditional Chinese:
普雷塞克, 拜仁, 德國
Turkish:
Presseck, Landkreis Kulmbach, Bavyera, Almanya
Ukrainian:
Прессек, Кульмбах, Верхня Франконія, Баварія, Німеччина
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Presseck, Kulmbach, Bavariya, Germaniya
Vietnamese:
Presseck, Kulmbach, Oberfranken, Bayern, Đức
Volapük:
Presseck, Bayän, Deutän
Waray:
Presseck, Kulmbach, Bayern, Alemanya


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Fossils

There are 179 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences179
Youngest Fossil Listed361 Ma (Late/Upper Devonian)
Oldest Fossil Listed513 Ma (Cambrian)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Tannenknock - Galgenberg48505 - 504 Ma (Cambrian)
Tannenknock - Wildenstein34505 - 504 Ma (Cambrian)
Galgenberg7513 - 501 Ma (Cambrian)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Hyolitha
phylum
Animalia : Hyolitha513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Hexitheca
genus
Animalia : Hyolitha : Orthothecida : Hexitheca505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Nephrotheca
genus
Animalia : Hyolitha : Orthothecida : Nephrotheca505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Hyolithida
order
Animalia : Hyolitha : Hyolithida505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Grantitheca
genus
Animalia : Hyolitha : Hyolithida : Grantitheca505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Bemella
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Helcionellida : Helcionellidae : Bemella505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Helcionella
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Helcionellida : Helcionellidae : Helcionella505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Yochelcionella
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Helcionellida : Yochelcionellidae : Yochelcionella505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Pelagiella
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Pelagiellidae : Pelagiella505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Igorella
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionellidae : Igorella505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Stenothecoides
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Cambridiidae : Stenothecoides505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Trilobita
class
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Paradoxides (Acadoparadoxides)
subgenus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Paradoxididae : Paradoxides : Paradoxides (Acadoparadoxides)505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Kingaspidoides
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Ellipsocephalidae : Kingaspidoides505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Parasolenopleura
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Agnostida : Solenopleuridae : Parasolenopleura513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Latikingaspis
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Ellipsocephalidae : Latikingaspis513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Ornamentaspis
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Ellipsocephalidae : Ornamentaspis505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Brachiopoda
phylum
Animalia : Brachiopoda513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Amydrotaxis
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Conodontophorida : Amydrotaxis419.2 - 393.3 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Ancyrodelloides
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Conodontophorida : Ancyrodelloides419.2 - 393.3 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Icriodus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Icriodontidae : Icriodus419.2 - 393.3 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Ozarkodina
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Prioniodontidae : Ozarkodina419.2 - 393.3 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Pedavis
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Conodontophorida : Pedavis419.2 - 393.3 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Helcionelloidea
superfamily
Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Helcionellida : Helcionelloidea505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Dorispira comma
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Helcionellida : Rugaeconidae : Dorispira : Dorispira comma505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Helcionella capula
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Helcionellida : Helcionellidae : Helcionella : Helcionella capula505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Ilsanella oblonga
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Helcionellida : Helcionellidae : Ilsanella : Ilsanella oblonga505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Hyolithidae
family
Animalia : Hyolithidae505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Ceratocystis prosthiakida
species
Animalia : Echinodermata : Stylophora : Cornuta : Ceratocystidae : Ceratocystis : Ceratocystis prosthiakida513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Jincelites vogeli
species
Animalia : Hyolitha : Hyolithida : Jincelites : Jincelites vogeli505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Maxilites
genus
Animalia : Hyolitha : Hyolithida : Maxilites505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Nicollidina remscheidensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Ozarkodinida : Nicollidina : Nicollidina remscheidensis419.2 - 393.3 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Ebbighausenites contiguus
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Goniatitida : Posttornoceratidae : Ebbighausenites : Ebbighausenites contiguus364.7 - 360.7 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Masaraella pandora
species
Masaraella : Masaraella pandora419.2 - 393.3 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Ancyrodelloides kutscheri
species
Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Conodontophorida : Ancyrodelloides : Ancyrodelloides kutscheri419.2 - 393.3 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Icriodus woschmidti
species
Animalia : Chordata : Icriodontidae : Icriodus : Icriodus woschmidti419.2 - 393.3 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Eognathodus sulcatus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Ozarkodinida : Eognathodus : Eognathodus sulcatus419.2 - 393.3 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Acanthomicmacca (Acanthomicmacca) franconica
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Chengkouiidae : Acanthomicmacca : Acanthomicmacca (Acanthomicmacca) franconica505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Parasolenopleura parabolica
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Agnostida : Solenopleuridae : Parasolenopleura : Parasolenopleura parabolica505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Parasolenopleura wurmi
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Agnostida : Solenopleuridae : Parasolenopleura : Parasolenopleura wurmi505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Enixus juvenis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Palaeolenidae : Enixus : Enixus juvenis505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Ornamentaspis crassilimbata
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Ellipsocephalidae : Ornamentaspis : Ornamentaspis crassilimbata505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Kingaspidoides meieri
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Ellipsocephalidae : Kingaspidoides : Kingaspidoides meieri505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Kingaspidoides alberti
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Ellipsocephalidae : Kingaspidoides : Kingaspidoides alberti505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Kingaspidoides frankenwaldensis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Ellipsocephalidae : Kingaspidoides : Kingaspidoides frankenwaldensis513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Aladraco schloppensis
species
Animalia : Hyolitha : Hyolithida : Aladracidae : Aladraco : Aladraco schloppensis505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Cambrachelous diploprosopus
species
Animalia : Hyolitha : Hyolithida : Aladracidae : Cambrachelous : Cambrachelous diploprosopus505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Leptostega frankenwaldensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Helcionellida : Helcionellidae : Leptostega : Leptostega frankenwaldensis505 - 504 Ma
Cambrian
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 15 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presseck
Wikidata ID:Q503536
GeoNames ID:6558628

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