 | The brachiopod cf. Orbiculoidea mediorhenana with preserved pedicle |  | The brachiopod Orthis sp., steinkern with septa |
 | The bivalve Cypricardella subovata |  | Not yet described homalozoan |
 | The crinoid Codiacrinus schultzei with preserved plates of the ambulacral (water vascular) system |  | Starfish Urasterella asperula, with the feeding trail of a possible worm |
 | The brittlestar Furcaster decheni, which I used for my logo |  | The brittlestar Eschenbachia pinusi; not yet scientifically described |
 | An unknown possible arthropod |  | The trilobite Rhenops sp. with preserved legs and antennae |
 | The trilobite Chotecops (Phacops) ferdinandi with hypostome, legs and gills |  | The rare bristle worms Ewaldips feyi, Briggs & Bartels, 2010 |
 | Pectoral spines of the acanthodian Machaeracanthus hunsrueckianum |  | A coprolite |
 | Odontopleuride gen. et sp. indet |  | The cluster of conulariids and the edrioasteroid were attached to an unknown substrate in life. |
 | Worm Machaeridia Lepidocoleus hohensteini Högström et al., 2009. Type specimen. |  | The mitrate Rhenocystis latipedunculata with locomotion trails of the spines and the tail. |
 | The crinoid Orthocrinus pinnatus |  | A pair of spines of the acanthodian Machaeracanthus peracatus with scapulocoracoid (pectoral bone). |
 | The rugose coral Volgerophyllum karschheckensis Südkamp, 2007. |  | The rugose coral Zaphrentis sp. with pin at its base to stand in an upright position. |
 | The rear part of the cephalothorax of the phyllocarid crustacean Dithyrocaris |  | An undescribed giant bivalve. |
 | From the ammonite Mimagoniatites falcistria often only the housing shell remains. A found near Birkenfeld. Photo: C. Schumacher. |  | Head and pectoral fin of the placoderm Stensioella heintzi |
 | Blastoid Schizotremites osoleae |  | The euartropod Captopodus poschmanni and the marrellomorph Vachonisia rogeri |
 | The polyp Sphenothallus sp. encrusted on a shell |  | The crustaceanomorph Wingertshellicus backesi |
 | The phyllocarid crustacean Nahecaris balssi |  | This sponge looks like Choia from the Cambrian |
 | Not described starfish Euzonosomatide |  | The trilobite Parahomalonotus from the Spanish Iberoslate with the alimentary canal (x-ray). |