Saint-Etienne coal field (Carboniferous of France)

Where: France (45.5° N, 4.4° E: paleocoordinates 3.2° S, 16.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Stephanian (307.5 - 300.4 Ma)

• No stratigraphic information given, but Saint-Etienne coal field deposits are Stephanian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• Pull-apart basin related to a dextral strike-slip fault

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Zeiller

• Repository: Ecole des Mines de Paris

Primary reference: M. Boule. 1893. Sur les débris d’Arthropleura trouvés en France. Bulletin de la Société de l’Industrie Minérale, 3e Série 7:619-638 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 233867: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.03.2024

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Taxonomic list

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Myriapoda
 Arthropleurida - Arthropleuridae
"Arthropleura zeilleri n. sp." = Arthropleura armata
"Arthropleura zeilleri n. sp." = Arthropleura armata Jordan 1854 millipede