Where: Herault, France (43.7° N, 3.0° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 33.2° S, 3.5° E (Wright 2013)
When: Watsonella crosbyi - Oelandiella korobkovi small shelly zone, Heraultia Member (Marcou Formation), Stage 2 (529.0 - 521.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, phosphatic limestone
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: L. Devaere, S. Clausen, and M. Steiner, J. J., and D. Vachard. 2013. Chronostratigraphic and palaeogeographic significance of an early Cambrian microfauna from the Heraultia Limestone, northern Montagne Noire, France. Palaeontologia Electronica 16(2):17A-91 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 239438: authorized by Joseph Flannery-Sutherland, entered by Joseph Flannery-Sutherland on 07.03.2025, edited by Pete Wagner
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Taxonomic list
| Helcionelloida | |
| Calyptoptomatida | |
| Cambroclavida | |
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Paracarinachites sinensis Luo et al. 1982 | |
| Alaconcha | |
| Aetholicopalla adnata | |
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Aetholicopalla adnata Bengtson et al. 1990 | |
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Pseudorthotheca acuticincta Cobbold 1935 | |
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Lomasulcachites macrus Luo et al. 1982 | |
| Purella | |
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Purella layracensis Kerber 1988
Purella gracilis Voronin et al. 1982 | |
| Helcionelloida | |
Oelandiella korobkovi, "Bemella cf. simplex" = Securiconus simplex
Oelandiella korobkovi Vostokova 1962
"Bemella cf. simplex" = Securiconus simplex Yü 1979 | |
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Xianfengella prima He and Yang 1982 | |
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Watsonella crosbyi Grabau 1900 | |
| Merismoconcha | |
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Merismoconcha sp. Yü 1979 | |
| Hyolitha | |
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Conotheca subcurvata Yü 1974 | |
| Kutorginata | |
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Khasagtina sp. Ushatinskaya 1987 | |
| Brachiopoda | |
Kerberellus marcouensis n. gen. n. sp.
Kerberellus marcouensis n. gen. n. sp. Devaere et al. 2015 | |