Beaulieu Fm., Noces Mbr., vicinity of Ferques, Bas-Boulonnais (Devonian of France)

Where: France (50.8° N, 1.8° E: paleocoordinates 22.1° S, 3.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Noces Member (Beaulieu Formation), Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• lower and middle asymmetricus conodont zones

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; dolomitic shale and limestone

• "The Blacourt Formation is a compact, massive bedded, black fossiliferous marine limestone, with argillaceous layers and some small reefs in the Griset Member. The lower [Cambreseque] and upper [Patures] member of the Beaullieu Formation are mainly terrigenous ["shale" mentioned in figure caption], except for its lowest beds, the so-called Cedule Limestone. The middle [Noces] member consists of dolomite lenses, passing upward into shales, and to a reef build-up capped by fossiliferous limestones. The base of the lower [Fiennes] member of the succeeding Ferques Formation is a biostromal dolomite overlain by yellow, then brownis-dark dolomite and dolomitic sandstones. These are overlain by the fully marine fossiliferous Ferques Limestone. The lower part of the [second-from-bottom] Bois Member and the upper part of the [third-from-bottom] Parisienne Member are biostromal. In the upper [Gris] member, sediments are more argillaceous..."

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. Morzadec, D. Brice, C. Cygan, R. Feist, C. Majeste-Menjoulas, F. Paris, and P. R. Racheboeuf. 2000. The Devonian of France: a tentative tie with the GSSP of the Devonian stages. Courier Forschungs-Institut Senckenberg 225:115-129 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 38686: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 28.04.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
 Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae
 Spiriferida - Adolfiidae
 Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
 Rhynchonellida - Yunnanellidae
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
"Metabolipa meatsi n. sp." = Gypidula2
"Metabolipa meatsi n. sp." = Gypidula2
 Terebratulida - Cranaenidae
Strophomenata
 Productida - Araksalosiidae
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp.1 Lonsdale 1839
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.3 Miller 1821 Sea lily
Le Menn has given formal names to several columnal taxa.
Anthozoa
 Auloporida - Auloporidae
Aulopora cf. stasinskae5 tabulate coral
Aulopora serpens5 Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Disphyllum rugosum7 horn coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
Stachyodes australe4 stromatoporoid sponge
 Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
Amphipora pervesiculata4 stromatoporoid sponge
? Amphipora sp.4 Schulz 1883 stromatoporoid sponge
Euryamphipora sp.4 Klovan 1966 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporida - Syringostromellidae
? Syringostromella cooperi4 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Idiostromatidae
Idiostroma roemeri4 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Clathrocoilona sp.4 Yavorsky 1931 stromatoporoid sponge
Clathrocoilona spissa4 Lecompte 1951 stromatoporoid sponge
Stictostroma saginatum4 Lecompte 1951 stromatoporoid sponge