L'Armorique Point section, bed 75c, Armorican Massif (Devonian of France)

Where: Finistere, France (48.4° N, 4.4° W: paleocoordinates 51.0° S, 36.5° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: l'Armorique Formation, Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)

• in the middle part of the southern section of L'Armorique Point

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

• 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 6162: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 01.02.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• list is based on "the distribution of the main taxa" among conodonts, chitinozoans, brachiopods, and trilobites
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unclassified
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Streelispora newportensis, Acinosporites salopiensis
Retusotriletes
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Retusotriletes cf. triangulatus
Dictyotriletes
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Dictyotriletes emsiensis
Emphanisporites
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Emphanisporites micronatus
Protozoa
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Margachitina tenuipes, Cingulochitina ervensis, Cingulochitina plusquelleci, Urochitina simplex
Margachitina tenuipes
Margachitina catenaria tenuipes
Dinophyceae
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Polyedryxium simplex