Aisemont A38 (Devonian of Belgium)

Also known as A38, AM16, OL1

Where: Belgium (50.4° N, 4.6° E: paleocoordinates 23.8° S, 6.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lower varcus conodont zone, Nèvremont Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: calcareous shale

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collected by An Meurrens, P. Bultynck, S. Gouwy in 1986, 1970, 2002

Collection methods: bulk, acetic,

• The collection is stored at the Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences in Brussels (Belgium)

Primary reference: S. Gouwy and P. Bultynck. 2003. Conodont data across the Eifelian-Givetian boundary at Aisemont, southern Namur Synclinorium, Belgium: correlation and implications. Courier Forschungs-Institut Senckenberg 242:239-255 [S. Gouwy/S. Gouwy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 145383: authorized by Sofie Gouwy, entered by Sofie Gouwy on 02.06.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
 Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae
Icriodus sp conodont
Icriodus brevis Stauffer 1940 conodont