Couvin, Nisme Area sample co2b and co2bR (Devonian of Belgium)

Also known as Reef 1558

Where: Wallonische Region, Belgium (50.1° N, 4.5° E: paleocoordinates 25.7° S, 7.1° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Jemelle Formation, Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• upper Couvinian

•Assise de Couvin

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Bultynck in 1970

Primary reference: B. Mistiaen. 2007. An older Devonian stromatoporoid from the Ardennes, St. Joseph Formation, Emsian (Vireux, France). Hubann, B. & Piller, W. E. (Eds.)2007: Fossil Corals and Sponges: Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Fossil Cnidaria and Porifera, Graz 2003.- Ă–sterr. Akad. Wiss., Schriftenr. Erdwiss. Komm. 17:153-165 [W. Kiessling/F. Reichel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78493: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Falko Reichel on 07.02.2008

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Taxonomic list

Stromatoporoidea
 Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
Amphipora sp. Schulz 1883 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporida -
Stromatoporida aff. saginata stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora concentrica stromatoporoid sponge
Stromatopora aff. concentrica stromatoporoid sponge
Stromatopora pachytexta stromatoporoid sponge
 Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Actinostroma sp. Nicholson 1886 stromatoporoid sponge
Actinostroma stellulatum Nicholson 1885 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Stromatoporella aff. granulata stromatoporoid sponge
Stromatoporella sp. Nicholson 1886 stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae
Clathrodictyon amygdaloides stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
Stachyodes sp. Bargatzky 1881 stromatoporoid sponge
Stachyodes aff. solitaria stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Syringostromatidae
Parallelopora aff. buecheliensis stromatoporoid sponge
Parallelopora aff. huepschii stromatoporoid sponge
Syringostroma sp. Nicholson 1865 stromatoporoid sponge