Water Tower at Les Noces, Limestone Facies of Schistes de Beaulieu (Devonian of France)

Where: Alsace, France (50.8° N, 1.8° W: paleocoordinates 26.2° S, 19.6° E)

• 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 65764: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Linda Ivany on 25.09.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet.
Rugosa indet. horn coral
 Stauriida - Metriophyllidae
Metriophyllum sp.
Metriophyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 horn coral
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Disphyllum sp.
Disphyllum sp. Fromentel 1861 horn coral
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Thamnophyllum sp.
Thamnophyllum sp. Penecke 1894 horn coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolites sp.
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp.
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora sp.
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Auloporidae
Aulopora sp.
Aulopora sp. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporoidea -
Stromatoporoidea indet.
Stromatoporoidea indet. stromatoporoid sponge
Demospongiae
 Clavulina - Clionaidae
Clionolithes sp.
Clionolithes sp. Clark 1908 demosponge
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis sp.
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten sp.
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda sp.
Brachiopoda sp. Cuvier 1805
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Cranaenidae
"Terebratula sacculus" = Girtyella sacculus
"Terebratula sacculus" = Girtyella sacculus Sowerby 1825
 Spiriferida -
Spiriferida indet.
Spiriferida indet. Waagen 1883
 Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae
Tenticospirifer lenticulum, Cyrtospirifer verneuili
Cyrtospirifer verneuili Murchison 1840
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer curvata
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella sp.
Howellella sp. Kozlowski 1946
 Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
Undispirifer undifera
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Spinatrypa aspera, Spinatrypa explanata, Atrypa squamifera
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris concentrica
Athyris concentrica von Buch 1834
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Sieberella brevirostris
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanellidae indet.
Dalmanellidae indet. Schuchert 1913
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria striatula
Schizophoria striatula von Schlotheim 1813
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonellidae indet.
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina heteroclita
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
Productella subaculeata
Productella subaculeata Murchison 1840
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Streptorhynchus elegans
 Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
Douvillina ferquensis, Douvillina dutertrei
Douvillina dutertrei Murchison 1840
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp.
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Trilobita
  -
Trilobita indet.
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily