Vicoigne mine, pit 4 (Carboniferous of France)

Where: Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (50.4° N, 3.5° E: paleocoordinates 2.3° S, 11.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Westphalian A (318.7 - 316.9 Ma)

• Roof of Nord vein (Faisceau d'Olympe)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified, brown shale

• Variscan foreland basin
• Brown shale with fish, Naiadites and Estheria striata

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Musee Houiller de l'Universite de Lille

Primary reference: P. Pruvost. 1919. Introduction à l'Étude du Terrain Houiller du Nord et du Pas-de-Calais: la Faune Continentale du Terrain Houiller du Nord de la France 1-584 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155430: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.04.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Myriapoda
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Eileticus cf. aequalis Scudder 1890
MGL 1883