Assemblage 6 (Devonian of France)

Also known as Occurs in the upper part of the Noces member in the middle part of the Beaulieu Formation

Where: Boulonnais, France (46.0° N, 2.0° E: paleocoordinates 28.1° S, 21.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Noces Member (Beaulieu Formation), Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• 10-15 meters thick

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; shelly/skeletal limestone and shelly/skeletal limestone

• Two lithofacies can be distinguished. The lower part is composed of biostrome with abundant crinoid ossicles, lamellar stromatoporids and tabulate auloporids. The biostrome is overlain by hard, partly dolomitized pink crystalline limestone, with crinoid ossicles, geodes, and ochre in the fissures.

Primary reference: D. Brice. 2003. Brachiopod assemblages in the Devonian of Ferques (Boulonnais, France). Relations to palaeoenvironments and global eustatic curves. Bulletin of Geosciences 78(4):405-417 [L. Ivany/C. Story/C. Story]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 65795: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Cristina Story on 25.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
"Metabolipa meatsi" = Gypidula
"Metabolipa meatsi" = Gypidula
 Rhynchonellida - Yunnanellidae
 Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
 Spiriferida - Adolfiidae
 Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria striatula von Schlotheim 1813
 Terebratulida - Cranaenidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
Douvillina dutertrei Murchison 1840
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
 Productida - Productellidae
Productella subaculeata Murchison 1840