CPS D36 (Devonian of France)

Where: France (43.5° N, 3.1° E: paleocoordinates 38.4° S, 33.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: costatus conodont zone, Clapassous Formation, Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified, nodular, red limestone

• calcilutite rouge et rose en bancs décimétriques, passant à de petits bancs micronoduleux d'une micrite brun-clair à de nombreux céphalopodes et styliolines, alternant avec de fins niveaux d'argilite brune.

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collected by R. Feist and H. P. Schonlaub

Collection methods: bulk, acetic,

• the collection is stored at the Geologische Bundesanstalt in Vienna (Austria)

Primary reference: R. Feist, H. P. Schӧnlaub, and P. Bultynck. 1985. Faciès et biostratigraphie (conodontes) du passage Dévonien inférieur-moyen dans la Montagne Noire (France). Hercynica 1(2):81-97 [S. Gouwy/S. Gouwy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 152435: authorized by Sofie Gouwy, entered by Sofie Gouwy on 21.11.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Polygnathus pseudofoliatus, Polygnathus costatus, Polygnathus linguiformis
Polygnathus pseudofoliatus Wittekindt 1966 conodont
Polygnathus costatus Klapper 1971 conodont
Polygnathus linguiformis Hinde 1879 conodont