Also known as Loc050 “Champs des trilobites” of van Viersen & Prescher (2010)

Where: Namur, Belgium (50.1° N, 4.5° E: paleocoordinates 25.7° S, 7.1° E)

When: Polygnathus costatus costatus - Tortodus australis conodont zone, Chavees Member (Jemelle Formation), Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• According to Denayer, the Chavées member spans the Polygnathus costatus costatus / Tortodus australis boundary in Couvin.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: A. P. Van Viersen and H. Prescher. 2010. Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of some proetid trilobites in the Middle Devonian of the Ardennes and Eifel (Rhenohercynian Zone). Bulletin de l’Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 80:5-45 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 229335: authorized by Allart Van Viersen, entered by Allart Van Viersen on 01.03.2023

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