Also known as Layer G, Schistes de Saint-Chinian Fm., Saint-Chinian, Montagne Noire, France
Where: Montagne Noire, France (43.0° N, 3.0° E: paleocoordinates 63.8° S, 97.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Asaphelina barroisi-Taihungshania miqueli trilobite zone, Niveau G Member (Schistes de Saint-Chinian Formation), Arenig (478.6 - 466.0 Ma)
• Layer G - Asaphelina barroisi/ Taihungshania migueli zone
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, concretionary, micaceous, sandy shale and lithified sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: cast
Primary reference: J. C. Capera, R. Courtessole, and J. Pillet. 1978. Contribution à l'étude de l'Ordovicien inférieur de la Montagne Noire : biostratigraphie et révision des Agnostida. Annales de la Société Géologique du Nord 98(1):67-87 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 20828: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 10.06.2002, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Somasteroidea | |
Chinianaster levyi3 Thoral 1935 | |
Stenuroidea | |
"Palaeura jacobi" = Pradesura jacobi3 Thoral 1935
Palaeura sp. Jaekel 1903 | |
Cheirocrinus sp. Eichwald 1856 | |
Eocrinoidea | |
Balantiocystis sp. Chauvel 1966 | |
Stylophora | |
Anatifopsis sp. Barrande 1872 | |
Pterobranchia | |
Calamograptus sp. graptolite
Clonograptus sp. Nicholson 1873 graptolite | |
Tetragraptus sp. Salter 1863 graptolite | |
Dictyonema sp. Hall 1851 graptolite | |
Tergomya | |
"Gamadiscus courtessolei" = Carcassonnella courtessolei1
"Gamadiscus courtessolei" = Carcassonnella courtessolei1 Yochelson 1982 | |
Gastropoda | |
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"Cymbularia laevis" = Thoralispira laevis1
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Bivalvia | |
Ekaterodonta sp. Babin 1982 clam | |
Synek sp. Barrande 1881 clam | |
Redonia sp. Rouault 1851 clam | |
"Coxiconcha sp." = Coxiconchia
"Coxiconcha sp." = Coxiconchia Babin 1966 clam | |
Babinka sp. Barrande 1881 clam | |
Noradonta sp. Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977 clam | |
"Miquelana sp." = Thoralia
"Miquelana sp." = Thoralia Morris 1980 clam | |
Lingulata | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Pleurorthis sp. Cooper 1956 | |
Orthambonites sp. Pander 1830 | |
Trilobita | |
Euloma sp. Angelin 1854 trilobite | |
Ampyx sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite | |
Asaphellus sp. Callaway 1877 trilobite
"Ekeraspis sp." = Megistaspis (Ekeraspis) Tjernvik 1956 trilobite
Paramegalaspis sp. Thoral 1935 trilobite | |
Asaphellina sp. Chalmas and Bergeron 1989 trilobite
Taihungshania sp. Sun 1931 trilobite | |
Pharostomina sp. Sdzuy 1955 trilobite | |
Prionocheilus sp. Rouault 1847 trilobite | |
Artiopoda | |