Namurian Basinal benthic community (Carboniferous of France)

Where: France (49.8° N, 6.2° E: paleocoordinates 4.2° S, 12.0° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Arnsbergian (327.0 - 323.7 Ma)

• no formation name given. "Carb, Namurian (Arnsbergian, E2b = mid Chesterian = upp. Miss."

Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous shale

• "mudstone, slightly calcareous. basinal. BA6"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. S. McKerrow. 1979. Ordovician and Silurian changes in sea level. Journal of the Geological Society 136:137-144 [M. Uhen/J. Ju/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 580: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 19.01.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "McKerrow, 1978. P.174-176; fig.53"
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
Productus sp.
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Rugosochonetes sp.
Rugosochonetes sp. Sokolskaja 1950
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida -
Spiriferida indet.
Spiriferida indet. Waagen 1883
smooth spiriferids
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Cravenoceratidae
Cravenoceratoides sp.
Cravenoceratoides sp. Hudson 1941 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Dimorphoceratidae
Dimorphoceras sp.
Dimorphoceras sp. Hyatt 1883 ammonite
 Nautiloidea -
Nautiloidea indet.
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid
orthoconic nautiloid
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Posidonia sp.
Posidonia sp. Bronn 1828 oyster
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Paladin sp.
Paladin sp. Weller 1936 trilobite