Where: France (48.9° N, 2.3° E: paleocoordinates 27.4° S, 23.0° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Calcaire de Ferques Formation, Middle Frasnian (382.4 - 379.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, argillaceous carbonate
Collection methods: bulk,
• fossils preserved on 1 cm thick slabs
Primary reference: P. Wallace. 1978. Homeomorphy between Devonian brachiopod communities in France and Iowa. Lethaia 11:259-272 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 3400: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 31.07.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Athyris concentrica von Buch 1834 | |
Schizophoria striatula von Schlotheim 1813 | |
Strophomenata | |
Productella subaculeata Murchison 1840 | |
Chonetes sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830 |