La Capelle, Limestone Facies of Schistes de Beaulieu (Devonian of France)

Where: Alsace, France (50.8° N, 1.8° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 21.2° S, 17.6° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Schistes de Beaulieu Formation, Middle Frasnian (382.4 - 379.5 Ma)

• lower part of middle Frasnian

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; shelly/skeletal lime mudstone

• normal marine fauna, lagoon has been breached so normal salinity
• thin fossiliferous limestone overylying dolomite facies

•- calcilutite

Primary reference: P. Wallace. 1969. The sedimentology and palaeoecology of the Devonian of the Ferques inlier, northern France. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 125:83-124 [L. Ivany/L. Ivany]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 65763: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Linda Ivany on 25.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Disphyllum sp.
Disphyllum sp. Fromentel 1861 horn coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolites sp.
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora sp.
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831 tabulate coral
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
Douvillina ferquensis
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Spinatrypa aspera
 Spiriferida -
Spiriferida indet.
Spiriferida indet. Waagen 1883
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella sp.
Howellella sp. Kozlowski 1946
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Sieberella brevirostris