Pont-de-Caen Fm., Domfront, Orne, France (Ordovician to of France)

Where: Orne, France (49.0° N, 1.0° W: paleocoordinates 67.4° S, 68.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pont-de-Caen Formation, Dobrotivian to Dobrotivian (459.0 - 449.8 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, micaceous shale and lithified sandstone

• Dark micaceous lutites with occasional sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: M. Robardet, J. L. Henry, J. Nion, F. Paris, and J. Pillet. 1972. La Formation du Pont-de-Caer (Caradocien) dans les synclinaux de Domfront et de Sees (Normandie). Annales - Societe Geologique du Nord 92(3):117-137 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 20871: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 11.06.2002

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Leganochitina sp.
Protozoa
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Rhabdochitina sp., Fungochitina sp., Desmochitina sp., Hoegisphaera sp., Euconochitina sp., Cyathochitina sp.
Hoegisphaera sp. Staplin 1961
Euconochitina sp. Taugourdeau 1966
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Tetradellidae
Ceratopsis sp.
Ceratopsis sp. Ulrich 1894 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Euprimitiidae
Primitiella sp.
Primitiella sp. Ulrich 1894 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Bolliidae
Bollia sp.
Bollia sp. Jones and Holl 1886 ostracod
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
Denckmannites sp.
Denckmannites sp. Wedekind 1911 trilobite
 Phacopida - Acastidae
Kloucekia sp.
Kloucekia sp. Delo 1935 trilobite
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Plaesiacomia sp.
Plaesiacomia sp. Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
Chitinozoa
 Prosamatifera - Conochitinidae
Conochitina sp.
Conochitina sp. Eisenack 1931