Siege Goiveux of Quarry of Montfort at Aywaille (Devonian of Belgium)

Where: Namur, Belgium (50.5° N, 5.7° E: paleocoordinates 17.1° S, 4.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Famennian (364.7 - 360.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, blue shale

• The bed of blue, somewhat arenaceous shale is relatively rich in plant debris, including float of Sphenopteris flaccida. Spirorbis (animal) is also abundant. Another bed shows large branches. Also present is Sphenopteridium sp., and lingulids (brachiopods).

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression, original carbon

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: F. Stockmans. 1948. Vegetaux du Devonien Superieur de la Belgique. Memoires du Musee Royal D'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 110:3-85 [P. Gensel/P. Gensel/P. Gensel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32273: authorized by Pat Gensel, entered by Pat Gensel on 17.06.2003

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Taxonomic list

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Sphenopteridium
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Sphenopteridium sp.
Sphenopteridium sp. Schimper 1874
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris flaccida
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis sp.
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
lingulids