Sample F of the Hanonet Fm, in La Couvinoise Quarry (Devonian of Belgium)

Where: Namur, Belgium (50.1° N, 4.5° E: paleocoordinates 23.8° S, 6.1° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hanonet Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; black limestone and shale

• a local sheltered, shallow marine environment inshore of crinoid and coral banks, Copper's biotope 1

Primary reference: P. Bultynck and C. Hollevoet. 1999. The Eifelian-Givetian boundary and Struve's Middle Devonian Great Gap in the Couvin area (Ardennes, southern Belgium). Senckenbergiana lethaea 79(1):3-11 [A. Miller/J. Sessa/A. Miller]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 70281: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 20.03.2007

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Taxonomic list

• Spinatrypid and stringocephalid brachiopods were identified by W. Struve in 1987. M. Coen-Aubert identified the rugose corals. A = abundant, C = common, R = rare.
unclassified
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Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
Phacopidae indet. Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
 Proetida - Proetidae
Dechenella verneuili Barrande 1852 trilobite
Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Polygnathus linguiformis Hinde 1879 conodont
Polygnathus linguiformis linguiformis; Polygnathus linguiformis n. subsp. A, Polygnathus linguiformis aff. klapperi
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
 Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Cystiphylloides sp. Chapman 1893 horn coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites goldfussi Lecompte 1939 tabulate coral