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Alken, Rhein-Mosel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germanyi
Regional Level Types
AlkenMunicipality
Rhein-MoselCollective Municipality
Mayen-KoblenzDistrict
Rhineland-PalatinateState
GermanyCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Brodenbach698 (2016)
Alken687 (2011)
Mindat Locality ID:
349292
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:349292:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Alken, Arrondissement de Mayen-Coblence, Rhénanie-Palatinat, Allemagne
German:
Alken, Verbandsgemeinde Rhein-Mosel, Landkreis Mayen-Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
Italian:
Alken, Circondario di Mayen-Coblenza, Renania-Palatinato, Germania
Russian:
Алькен, Майен-Кобленц, Рейнланд-Пфальц, Германия
Spanish:
Alken, Distrito de Mayen-Coblenza, Renania-Palatinado, Alemania
Basque:
Alken, Renania-Palatinatua, Alemania
Cebuano:
Alken , Landkreis Mayen-Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Alemanya
Dutch:
Alken, Landkreis Mayen-Koblenz, Rijnland-Palts, Duitsland
Esperanto:
Alken, Distrikto Mayen-Koblenz, Rejnlando-Palatinato, Germanio
Farsi/Persian:
الکن، آلمان, ماین-کبلنتس, راینلاند-فالتس, آلمان
Hungarian:
Alken, Rajna-vidék-Pfalz, Németország
Japanese:
アルケン , マイエン=コブレンツ郡, ラインラント=プファルツ州, ドイツ
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Алькен, Майен-Кобленц, Рейнланд-Пфальц, Германия
Kyrgyz:
Алькен, Германия
Malay:
Alken, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Jerman
Polish:
Alken, Powiat Mayen-Koblenz, Nadrenia-Palatynat, Niemcy
Portuguese:
Alken, Mayen-Coblença, Renânia-Palatinado, Alemanha
Romanian:
Alken, Mayen-Koblenz, Renania-Palatinat, Germania
Serbian:
Алкен, Рајна-Палатинат, Њемачка
Serbo-Croatian:
Alken, Porajnje-Falačka, Njemačka
Ukrainian:
Алькен, Маєн-Кобленц, Рейнланд-Пфальц, Німеччина
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Alken, Germaniya
Vietnamese:
Alken, Mayen-Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Đức
Volapük:
Alken, Rinän-Palzän, Deutän
Waray:
Alken, Mayen-Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Alemanya


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Fossils

There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences39
Youngest Fossil Listed403 Ma (Early/Lower Devonian)
Oldest Fossil Listed409 Ma (Early/Lower Devonian)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Nellenköpfchen5409.1 - 402.5 Ma (Early/Lower Devonian)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Spirorbis
genus
Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Sabellida : Serpulidae : Spirorbis409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Tentaculites
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Tentaculitidae : Tentaculites409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Limoptera
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pterineidae : Limoptera409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Diploaspis
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Xiphosura : Chasmataspidida : Diploaspididae : Diploaspis409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Heteroaspis
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Xiphosura : Chasmataspidida : Heteroaspis409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Alkenopterus
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Xiphosura : Eurypterida : Alkenopterus409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Carcinosoma
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Xiphosura : Eurypterida : Carcinosomatidae : Carcinosoma409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Drepanopterus
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Xiphosura : Eurypterida : Drepanopteridae : Drepanopterus409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Eurypterus
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Xiphosura : Eurypterida : Eurypteridae : Eurypterus409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Jaekelopterus
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Xiphosura : Eurypterida : Jaekelopterus409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Moselopterus
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Xiphosura : Eurypterida : Moselopterus409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Rhenopterus
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Xiphosura : Eurypterida : Rhenopterus409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Willwerathia
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Xiphosura : Willwerathia409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Drepanaspis
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Pteraspidomorpha : Drepanaspidae : Drepanaspis409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Porolepis
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Coelacanthimorpha : Coelacanthiformes : Porolepis409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Zosterophyllum
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Zosterophyllaceae : Zosterophyllum409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Psilophyton
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Trimerophytaceae : Psilophyton409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Parahughmilleria
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Xiphosura : Eurypterida : Parahughmilleria409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Eoarthropleura
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Myriapoda : Arthropleurida : Arthropleuridae : Eoarthropleura409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Archaeometa
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Araneae : Archaeometidae : Archaeometa409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Thurandina
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Xiphosura : Eurypterida : Thurandina409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Taeniocrada
genus
Taeniocrada409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Devonotarbus hombachensis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Devonotarbidae : Devonotarbus : Devonotarbus hombachensis409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Waeringoscorpio hefteri
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Scorpiones : Labriscorpionidae : Labriscorpio : Waeringoscorpio hefteri409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Archaeomartus levis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Archaeomartidae : Archaeomartus : Archaeomartus levis409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Alkenia mirabilis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Aphantomartidae : Alkenia : Alkenia mirabilis409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Parahughmilleria hefteri
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Xiphosura : Eurypterida : Parahughmilleria : Parahughmilleria hefteri409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Dawsonites
genus
Plantae : Psilophytophyta : Psilophytopsida : Dawsonites409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Rhinopteraspis
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Pteraspidomorpha : Pteraspidiformes : Pteraspididae : Rhinopteraspis409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 2 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alken,_Germany
Wikidata ID:Q305288
GeoNames ID:6553792


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