Loc043, “ancienne carrière du Lion”, Frasnes (Devonian of Belgium)

Where: Couvin, Belgium (50.1° N, 4.5° E: paleocoordinates 21.9° S, 5.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Palmatelopis hassi - Palmatelopis jamieae conodont zone, Boussu-en-Fagnes Member (Grands Breux Formation), Middle Frasnian (382.4 - 379.5 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified shale

• shales with some nodular levels and limestone beds

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. P. Van Viersen and W. Vanherle. 2018. The rise and fall of Late Devonian (Frasnian) trilobites from Belgium: taxonomy, biostratigraphy and events. Geologica Belgica 21:73-94 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 234781: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 17.05.2024

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Phacopida - Acastidae
Bradocryphaeus cf. laomedeia
Bradocryphaeus cf. laomedeia Van Viersen and Vanherle 2018 trilobite