Also known as Lowermost part of the Patures member

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

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• approx. 4-5m thick

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; gray, green, carbonaceous lime mudstone

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 65816: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Cristina Story on 25.09.2006

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