Ferques, Griset Member, Bed 5, Pas-de-Calais (Devonian of France)

Also known as Reef 1588

Where: France (50.8° N, 1.8° E: paleocoordinates 24.4° S, 4.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Griset Member (Blacourt Formation), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• aka Bed I of Brice 1977

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

• stromatolite-serpulid bioherm

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. Mistiaen. 1980. Stromatopores du Givetien de Ferques (Boulonnais, France) [Givetian stromatoporoids from Ferques (Boulonnais, France)]. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Section C 2(3):167-257 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 71461: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 26.04.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Stromatoporella cf. decora, Stromatoporella curiosa, Stromatoporella laminata, Clathrocoilona spissa, Dendrostroma cf. oculatum
Stromatoporella cf. decora stromatoporoid sponge
Stromatoporella curiosa stromatoporoid sponge
Stromatoporella laminata stromatoporoid sponge
Clathrocoilona spissa Lecompte 1951 stromatoporoid sponge
Dendrostroma cf. oculatum stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Trupetostromatidae
Hermatostroma parksi, ? Hermatostroma cf. cimacense
Hermatostroma parksi stromatoporoid sponge
? Hermatostroma cf. cimacense stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
? Stromatopora cf. laminosa
? Stromatopora cf. laminosa stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Atelodictyidae
? Atelodictyon strictum
? Atelodictyon strictum stromatoporoid sponge
 Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Actinostroma verrucosum, Actinostroma cf. perlaminatum, Actinostroma clathratum, Actinostroma stellulatum
Actinostroma verrucosum stromatoporoid sponge
Actinostroma cf. perlaminatum stromatoporoid sponge
Actinostroma clathratum stromatoporoid sponge
Actinostroma stellulatum Nicholson 1885 stromatoporoid sponge
subsp. maureri