Where: Belgium (50.4° N, 4.7° E: paleocoordinates 48.3° S, 9.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Spinachitina fossensis other zone, Faulx-les-Tombes Member (Fosses Formation), Rawtheyan (455.8 - 445.6 Ma)
• Middle Beds. Given as middle beds of Upper Half. NOTE: Spinachitina fossensis is not found here, but there beds are between the Conochitina rugata and Bursachitina umbilicata zones. Faulx-les-Tombes member overlies Bois de Presles member of Fosses. Fosses overlies Vitrival-Bruyère Formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithified, green, sandy shale
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 185305: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 18.04.2017
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Taxonomic list
Strophomenata | |
Anisopleurella sp.2 Cooper 1956 | |
Sampo ruralis2 Reed 1917 | |
"Costistrophomena costata" = Katastrophomena (Costistrophomena) costata2
"Costistrophomena costata" = Katastrophomena (Costistrophomena) costata2 Sheehan 1987 | |
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Rhynchonellata | |
Boreadorthis sheehani1 Cocks 2014 | |
Nicolella "sp. B"2 Reed 1917 | |
Glyptorthis "sp. A"2 Foerste 1914 | |
"Dalmanella sambrensis" = Onniella jonesi2
"Dalmanella sambrensis" = Onniella jonesi2 Davidson 1883 | |
Saukrodictya wrighti2 Sheehan 1987 | |
? Cyclospira sp.2 Hall and Clarke 1893 | |
Trilobita | |
Lichas sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite | |
Panderia sp. Volborth 1863 trilobite | |
Stenopareia sp. Holm 1886 trilobite | |
Otarion sp. Zenker 1833 trilobite | |
Atractopyge belgica n. sp.
Atractopyge belgica n. sp. trilobite |