Kerdreolet Formation trilobites, Rade de Brest, Massif Armoricain (Devonian of France)

Where: Alsace, France (48.4° N, 4.5° W: paleocoordinates 38.1° S, 30.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Kerdreolet Formation, Late/Upper Emsian (402.5 - 391.9 Ma)

• upper Emsian

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; cherty/siliceous shale and limestone

• Lithotypes from diagrammatic section: "schistes a nodules siliceux" [also showing symbol that seems to denote limestone nodules]; "calcaires"

Primary reference: P. Morzadec. 1983. Trilobites du Devonien (Emsien-Famennien) de la Rade de Brest (Massif Armoricain). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 181(4-6):103-184 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40068: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 16.06.2004

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Taxonomic list

• Trilobites only.
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Trilobita
 Phacopida - Acastidae
Breizhops bigranulosus, "Treveropyge (Treveropyge) celtica" = Coltraneia celtica, Greenops struvei
"Treveropyge (Treveropyge) celtica" = Coltraneia celtica Morzadec 1969 trilobite
Greenops struvei trilobite
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
Phacops sp.
Phacops sp. Emmrich 1839 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
Thysanopeltella kerbelecensis
 Proetida - Proetidae
"Proetus (Gerastos) ex gr. cuvieri" = Gerastos cuvieri, "Cornuproetus (Lepidoproetus) "sp. 1"" = Lepidoproetus, "Cornuproetus (Lepidoproetus) "sp. 2"" = Lepidoproetus
"Proetus (Gerastos) ex gr. cuvieri" = Gerastos cuvieri Steininger 1831 trilobite
"Cornuproetus (Lepidoproetus) "sp. 1"" = Lepidoproetus Erben 1951 trilobite
"Cornuproetus (Lepidoproetus) "sp. 2"" = Lepidoproetus Erben 1951 trilobite
 Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae
Tropidocoryphe (Tropidocoryphe) erbeni
 Proetida - Otarionidae
Otarion (Otarion) oceanicum
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Leonaspis (Leonaspis) britannica