L'Armorique Point section, bed 81b-1, Armorican Massif (Devonian of France)

Where: Finistere, France (48.4° N, 4.4° W: paleocoordinates 46.5° S, 34.9° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: l'Armorique Formation, Pragian (410.8 - 407.6 Ma)

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal limestone

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

Collection methods: there are two collections from horizon 81b, one in a limestone bed, one in a shale bed; this is the limestone collection

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 6183: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 03.02.2000

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Taxonomic list

• list is based on "the distribution of main taxa" among conodonts, chitinozoans, brachiopods, and trilobites
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Protozoa
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Margachitina tenuipes
Margachitina tenuipes
Margachitina catenaria tenuipes