L'Asnerie section, bed 10, Armorican Massif (Devonian of France)

Where: Mayenne, France (48.1° N, 0.8° W: paleocoordinates 46.3° S, 38.3° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Saint-Cenere Formation, Pragian (410.8 - 407.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal limestone

• only lithologic information in the paper describes the sections as interbedded shales and bioclastic limestones; information entered below based on judgement from strat column illustrations

Primary reference: P. Morzadec, F. Paris, Y. Plusquellec, P. R. Rachebouef, and M. Weyant. 1991. La limite Lochkovien-Praguien (Devonien inferieur) dans le Massif armoricain: especes index et correlations. Comptes Rendus de l''Academie des Sciences, Serie II 313:901-908 [A. Miller/K. Layou/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 6044: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 21.01.2000

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Taxonomic list

• list is based on "selected taxa among conodonts, chitinozoans, brachiopods, and trilobites"
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unclassified
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Armoricochitina ceneratiensis, Gotlanochitina phillippoti
Gotlanochitina phillippoti
Gotlanochitina e.g. phillippoti
Conodonta
 Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae
Icriodus fallax
Icriodus fallax conodont
Icriodus fallax ssp. G
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Acastidae
Acastella sp. n. sp., Acastoides sp. n. sp., "Metacanthina cf. primitiae" = Pilletina primitiae
Acastella sp. n. sp. Reed 1925 trilobite
Acastoides sp. n. sp. Delo 1935 trilobite
"Metacanthina cf. primitiae" = Pilletina primitiae Gandl 1972 trilobite
Protozoa
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Margachitina tenuipes
Margachitina tenuipes
Margachitina catenaria tenuipes