SF29-Saint-Fiacre outcrop (Devonian of France)

Where: Brittany, France (48.3° N, 4.5° W: paleocoordinates 32.0° S, 21.8° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Polygnathus varcus conodont zone, Kersadiou Formation, Middle Givetian (383.0 - 380.2 Ma)

• Lower Polygnathus varcus

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; concretionary, black, gray, cherty/siliceous shale and siltstone

• 10-15 m thick siliciclastic unit composed of gray to dark gray (almost black), shale and siltstone with several layers of siliceous concretions

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: concretion

Primary reference: R. B. Blodgett, J. Fryda, and P. R. Racheboeuf. 1999. Upper Middle Devonian (Givetian) gastropods from the Kersadiou Formation, Brittany, France. Journal of Paleontology 73(6):1081-1100 [A. Miller/K. Layou/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 5922: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 15.12.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
Hormotomina fiacrensis n. sp.
Hormotomina fiacrensis n. sp. Blodgett et al. 1999 snail