PS 57: Onnian - Cautleyan, Belgium
collected by P. J. Lespérance 1974

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia lesperancei
Sheehan 1987
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae
Boreadorthis recula Opik 1934
Sheehan 1987
    = Boreadorthis sheehani Cocks 2014
Cocks 2014
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Linoporellidae
Laticrura cf. erecta Wright 1964
Sheehan 1987
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanella sambrensis Sheehan 1987
Sheehan 1987
synonym of Onniella jonesi
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
Dicoelosia cf. lata Wright 1964
Sheehan 1987
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Anazygidae
? Catazyga sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Sheehan 1987
Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Gonambonitidae
Kullervo complectens (Wiman 1907)
Sheehan 1987
Kullervo complectens albida
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Fardenia sp. Lamont 1935
Sheehan 1987
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Oxoplecia cf. plicata (Wiman 1907)
Sheehan 1987
Triplesia plicata
Triplesia sp. Hall 1859
Sheehan 1987
    = Triplesia ? hintsae Cocks 2014
Cocks 2014
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
Sheehan 1987
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
Costistrophomena costata Sheehan 1987
Sheehan 1987
recombined as Katastrophomena (Costistrophomena) costata
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Sampo ruralis (Reed 1917)
Sheehan 1987
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Christianiidae
Christiania magna Sheehan 1987
Sheehan 1987
see common names

Geography
Country:Belgium
Coordinates: 50.4° North, 4.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.0° South, 10.0° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
Stage:Katian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 5
Key time interval:Onnian - Cautleyan Other zone: Fungochitina fungiformis
Age range of interval:453.20000 - 448.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fosses Member:Bois de Presles
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Lower beds. Given lower beds of lower member. Bois de Presles member of Fosses Formation overlies Vitrival-Bruyère Formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:green lithified calcareous "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Grauwacke and calcareous shale, locally with some limestone beds
Environment:deep-water indet.
Geology comments: Described as deepwater
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:P. J. Lespérance Collection dates:1974
Taxonomic list comments:Specimens at Institut royal des sciences naturelles de Belgique
Metadata
Database number:185317
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2017-04-18 12:59:22 Last modified:2017-04-20 09:40:37
Access level:the public Released:2017-04-18 12:59:22
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

62150. P. J. Lespérance and P. M. Sheehan. 1987. Trilobites et Brachiopodes ashgilliens (Ordovicien supérieur) de l'"Assise" de Fosse, Bande de Sambre-Meuse (Belgique). Bulletin-Institut royal des sciences naturelles de Belgique. Sciences de la terre 57:91-123 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

62099 L. R. M. Cocks. 2014. The Late Ordovician brachiopods of southern Pembrokeshire and adjacent south-western Wales. Special Papers in Palaeontology 91:1-89 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
62132 P. M. Sheehan. 1987. Late Ordovician (Ashgillian) brachiopods from the region of the Sambre and Meuse Rivers, Belgium. Bulletin-Institut royal des sciences naturelles de Belgique. Sciences de la terre 57:5-81 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]