Hunsrück Slate

Hunsrück Slate
Stratigraphic range: latest Pragian to early Emsian
X-ray photograph of fossil of Chotecops ferdianandi, a common trilobite from Hunsrück Slate
TypeGeological formation
Lithology
PrimarySlate
Location
RegionHunsrück
CountryGermany

The Hunsrück Slate (German: Hunsrück-Schiefer) is a Lower Devonian lithostratigraphic unit, a type of rock strata, in the German regions of the Hunsrück and Taunus. It is a lagerstätte famous for exceptional preservation of a highly diverse fossil fauna assemblage.