Beaulieu, 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 65766: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Linda Ivany on 25.09.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Osteicthyes indet.
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolites sp.
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora sp.
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Auloporidae
Aulopora sp.
Aulopora sp. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet.
Rugosa indet. horn coral
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Disphyllum sp.
Disphyllum sp. Fromentel 1861 horn coral
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Thamnophyllum sp.
Thamnophyllum sp. Penecke 1894 horn coral
 Stauriida - Metriophyllidae
Metriophyllum sp.
Metriophyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 horn coral
Demospongiae
 Clavulina - Clionaidae
Clionolithes sp.
Clionolithes sp. Clark 1908 demosponge
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporoidea -
Stromatoporoidea indet.
Stromatoporoidea indet. stromatoporoid sponge
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida -
Spiriferida indet.
Spiriferida indet. Waagen 1883
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella sp.
Howellella sp. Kozlowski 1946
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
Spinocyrtia sp.
 Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae
Tenticospirifer lenticulum
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Spinatrypa aspera, Spinatrypa explanata, Spinatrypa legayi, Atrypa squamifera
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria striatula
Schizophoria striatula von Schlotheim 1813
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanellidae indet.
Dalmanellidae indet. Schuchert 1913
 Terebratulida - Cranaenidae
"Terebratula sacculus" = Girtyella sacculus
"Terebratula sacculus" = Girtyella sacculus Sowerby 1825
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina heteroclita
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Sieberella brevirostris
 Rhynchonellida - Pugnacidae
Pugnax kayseri
Pugnax kayseri Tschernyschew 1902
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonellidae indet.
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
Productella dutertrei, Productella subaculeata
Productella subaculeata Murchison 1840
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes douvillei, Chonetes laevis
Chonetes laevis Keyes 1888
 Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
Douvillina ferquensis
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Streptorhynchus elegans
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis sp.
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Pteropoda - Clionidae
Clionidae sp.
Clionidae sp. Rafinesque 1815 snail
Trilobita
  -
Trilobita indet.
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
Foraminifera
 Foraminifera -
Foraminifera indet.