New Quarry at Dave (Devonian to of Belgium)

Also known as Nouvelles Carriere De Dave

Where: Namur, Belgium (50.4° N, 4.9° E: paleocoordinates 27.6° S, 7.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: 4 Member (Grès de Wepion Formation), Early/Lower Devonian to Early/Lower Devonian (419.2 - 382.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray, blue schist

• This quarry is composed of grey-blue schistes.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: F. Stockmans. 1940. Vegetaux Eodevoniens de la Belgique. Musee Royal D'Histoire Naturelle De Belgique Rue Vautier 31 [P. Gensel/A. Tuell/A. Tuell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 23562: authorized by Pat Gensel, entered by Allison Tuell on 17.07.2002

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Taxonomic list

• Fish were also present here. Ostracodes also present. Some doubt if Spirophyton is really a plant.
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unclassified
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Stocksmansella langii
Stocksmansella langii
was named Taeniocrada langi
Drepanophycus spinaeformis
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Drepanophycus spinaeformis
Drepanophycus
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Drepanophycus aff. gaspianus
Drepanophycus aff. gaspianus Dawson 1859
redescribed from Fairon-Demaret, 1978a
Psilophytopsida
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Dawsonites arcuatus
 Psilophytales - Psilophytaceae
Psilophyton goldschmidtii, Psilophyton princeps
Psilophyton princeps Dawson 1859
Sporogonites exuberans
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Sporogonites exuberans