Where: Belgium (50.3° N, 5.1° E: paleocoordinates 48.3° S, 9.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tanuchitina bergstroemi - Conochitina rugata other zone, Bois de Presles Member (Fosses Formation), Cautleyan to Cautleyan (449.2 - 445.2 Ma)
• Middle to Upper Beds. Given as middle to upper beds of Lower Half
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithified, calcareous shale and lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Collected by P. J. Lespérance in 1974
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 185303: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 18.04.2017
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Taxonomic list
Artiopoda | |
Arthrorhachis cf. tarda Barrande 1846 | |
Trilobita | |
Atractopyge belgica n. sp.
Atractopyge belgica n. sp. trilobite | |
Novaspis abbatialis n. sp. trilobite
Tretaspis hadelandica Stormer 1945 trilobite | |
Platylichas laxatus McCoy 1846 trilobite | |
Panderia sp. Volborth 1863 trilobite | |
Stygina laevis n. sp.
Stygina laevis n. sp. trilobite | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Skenidioides cf. craigensis2 Reed 1917 given as Skenidioides sp., but described as close to S. craigensis
Skenidioides cf. paucicostatus2 Wright 1964 | |
Nicolella "sp. A"2 Reed 1917 | |
Ptychopleurella (Ptychopleurella) sp.2 Schuchert and Cooper 1931 | |
"Dalmanella sambrensis" = Onniella jonesi2
"Dalmanella sambrensis" = Onniella jonesi2 Davidson 1883 | |
Laticrura cf. erecta2 Wright 1964 | |
Saukrodictya sp.2 Wright 1964 | |
? Catazyga sp.2 Hall and Clarke 1893 | |
Spirigerina (Eospirigerina) cf. sulevi2 Jaanusson 1954 | |
Strophomenata | |
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Oxoplecia cf. plicata2 Wiman 1907
Triplesia ? hintsae1 Cocks 2014 | |
"Costistrophomena costata" = Katastrophomena (Costistrophomena) costata2
"Costistrophomena costata" = Katastrophomena (Costistrophomena) costata2 Sheehan 1987 | |
Leptaena sp.2 Dalman 1828 | |