Neuville mud mounds (Devonian of Belgium)

Also known as Reef 2376

Where: Belgium (50.2° N, 4.5° E: paleocoordinates 21.8° S, 5.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Neuville Formation, Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• facies "R5": mud mounds

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Termier, G. Termier, and H. H. Tsien. 1981. Spongiaires des calcaires recifaux du Frasnien de l'Ardenne [Sponges from the Frasnian reefal limestones of the Ardennes]. Bulletin de la Societe Belge de Geologie 90(4):287-298 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 120924: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.11.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Phillipsastrea sp.
Phillipsastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1849 horn coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolites sp.
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral
Hexactinellida
 Reticulosa - Aglithodictyidae
Pachyspongia columbarium n. sp., Pseudopemmatites fourmarieri
Pachyspongia columbarium n. sp. Termier et al. 1981 glass sponge
Pseudopemmatites fourmarieri Fraipont 1911 glass sponge
Demospongiae
 Lithistida - Astylospongiidae
Devonoscyphia cf. sandbergeri
Devonoscyphia cf. sandbergeri Rietschel 1968 demosponge