Vallée du Landeyran (colline de Serre Longue) (Ordovician of France)

Also known as Was: Layer L, Landeyran, Montagne Noire, France

Where: Montagne Noire, France (43.5° N, 3.1° E: paleocoordinates 64.6° S, 94.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Apatokephalus incisus trilobite zone, Layer L Member (Landeyran Formation), Fennian (471.8 - 466.0 Ma)

• Was Arenig, Pliomerops escoti/ Apatokephalus incisus zones, Inferieur Schistes du Landeyran.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, concretionary, cherty/siliceous shale

• Fissile, vari-colored shale with occasional chert nodules

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: C. Babin, R. Courtessole, M. Melou, J. Pillet, D. Vizcaino and E. L. Yochelson. 1982. Brachiopodes (Articulés) et mollusques (bivalves, rostroconches, monoplacophores, gastéropodes) de l’Ordovicien inférieur (Trémadocien-Arenigien) de la Montagne Noire (France méridionale) 1-63 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 20825: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 10.06.2002, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

• This reflects multiple collections and needs to be broken up (PJW). I have started with the site for which the formation is named.
unclassified
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Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Eoconularia sp. jellyfish
Tergomya
 Cyrtonellida - Carcassonnellidae
"Gamadiscus courtessolei" = Carcassonnella courtessolei
"Gamadiscus courtessolei" = Carcassonnella courtessolei Yochelson 1982
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae
Sinuites sp. Koken 1896 snail
 Bellerophontida -
"Cymbularia laevis" = Thoralispira laevis, "Thoralispira laevis" = Thoralispira laevis
"Cymbularia laevis" = Thoralispira laevis Thoral 1935 snail
"Thoralispira laevis" = Thoralispira laevis Thoral 1935 snail
 Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Peelerophon sp. Yochelson 1982 snail
 Euomphalina - Lesueurillidae
Lesueurilla prima Perner 1903 snail
Rostroconchia
 Ribeirioida - Ischyriniidae
 Ribeirioida - Technophoridae
Ribeiria personata Thoral 1935
Bivalvia
 Cardioni - Coxiconchiidae
"Coxiconcha sp." = Coxiconchia
"Coxiconcha sp." = Coxiconchia Babin 1966 clam
 Cardioni - Babinkidae
Babinka sp. Barrande 1881 clam
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Redonia sp. Rouault 1851 clam
 Uniomorphi - Thoraliidae
"Miquelana sp." = Thoralia
"Miquelana sp." = Thoralia Morris 1980 clam
 Nuculida - Praenuculidae
Synek sp. Barrande 1881 clam
 Afghanodesmatida - Tironuculidae
Ekaterodonta sp. Babin 1982 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Orthidae
"Ocorthis sp." = Trondorthis, Orthambonites sp.
"Ocorthis sp." = Trondorthis Neuman 1974
Orthambonites sp. Pander 1830
 Orthida - Productorthidae
Prantlina sp. Havlíček 1949
 Orthida - Hesperonomiidae
Hesperonomia sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
 Orthida - Paurorthidae
Paurorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Obolidae
 Acrotretida - Acrotretidae
Conotreta sp. Walcott 1889
Trilobita
 Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Ampyx sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite
 Asaphida - Taihungshaniidae
Taihungshania sp. Sun 1931 trilobite
 Asaphida - Cyclopygidae
"Incisopyge sp." = Novakella
"Incisopyge sp." = Novakella Whittard 1961 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Ogygiocaris sp., Paramegalaspis sp., "Megalaspidella sp." = Asaphellus, "Basiliella sp." = Basilicus (Basiliella), "Niobella sp." = Niobe (Niobella), "Ekeraspis sp." = Megistaspis (Ekeraspis), Hoekaspis sp.
Ogygiocaris sp. Angelin 1854 trilobite
Paramegalaspis sp. Thoral 1935 trilobite
"Megalaspidella sp." = Asaphellus Callaway 1877 trilobite
"Basiliella sp." = Basilicus (Basiliella) Kobayashi 1934 trilobite
"Niobella sp." = Niobe (Niobella) Reed 1931 trilobite
"Ekeraspis sp." = Megistaspis (Ekeraspis) Tjernvik 1956 trilobite
Hoekaspis sp. Kobayashi 1937 trilobite
 Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Apatokephalus sp. Brögger 1896 trilobite
 Proetida - Hystricuridae
Hystricurus sp. Raymond 1913 trilobite
 Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae
"? Proetidella sp." = Decoroproetus
"? Proetidella sp." = Decoroproetus Pribyl 1946 trilobite
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Selenopeltis sp. Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
 Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Pliomerops sp. Raymond 1905 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Ceraurinella sp. Cooper 1953 trilobite
 Phacopida - Bathycheilidae
Bathycheilus sp. Holub 1908 trilobite
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Colpocoryphe sp. Novak and Perner 1918 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Prionocheilus sp. Rouault 1847 trilobite
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Ormathops sp. Delo 1935 trilobite
 Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
Pterygometopus sp. Schmidt 1881 trilobite
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Metagnostidae
Geragnostus sp. Howell 1935
Somasteroidea
  - Chinianasteridae
Chinianaster sp. Thoral 1935
Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Phyllograptidae
Tetragraptus sp. Salter 1863 graptolite
Phyllograptus sp. Hall 1858 graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Dichograptidae
Didymograptus sp. McCoy 1851 graptolite