Where: France (47.5° N, 0.7° W: paleocoordinates 58.9° S, 44.7° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Ludlow (427.4 - 423.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; black lime mudstone
•For this Community: "Benthic fauna is always very rare. In the Prague Basin this unit represents the deepest facies; a smilar position is provisionally accepted here."
•For this community: "At La Meignanne this community occurs in black, micritic limestone."
Primary reference: P. R. Racheboeuf. 1999. Lower Silurian to Lower Devonian communities from the Armorican Massif (western France) and Artois (northern France). In A. J. Boucot, J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 260-270 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 26110: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 04.10.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
""Hemicardium" elevatum" = Slavinka elevata
""Hemicardium" elevatum" = Slavinka elevata Barrande 1881 clam | |
Cardiolidae indet. Hoernes 1884 clam | |
Polychaeta | |
Plumulites sp. Barrande 1872 scale worm | |
Ostracoda | |
""Entomis" migrans" = Entomozoe
""Entomis" migrans" = Entomozoe ostracod |