The Ahbach Formation is a geologic formation in Germany. It preserves fossils dated to the Middle Devonian Epoch.
Fossil content The formation has provided among others the following fossils:Ahbach Formation at Fossilworks.org
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