Where: Bretagne, France (48.3° N, 4.2° W: paleocoordinates 32.0° S, 22.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Kersadiou Formation (Troaon Group), Middle Givetian (383.0 - 380.2 Ma)
• Lower Polygnathus varcus zone, Middle Givetian
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified siltstone and lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. Botquelen and P. R. Racheboeuf. 2008. Benthic paleoecology in the givetian: an example from the Kersadiou Formation (massif armoricain, NW France). Palaios 23:246-259 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 84086: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 17.09.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata | |
Spinulicosta spinulicosta Hall 1857 | |
"Iridostrophia sp." = Iridistrophia
"Iridostrophia sp." = Iridistrophia Havlicek 1965 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Pentameridae indet. M'Coy 1844 | |
Cyrtina sp. Davidson 1858 | |
"Athyridae indet." = Athyrididae
"Athyridae indet." = Athyrididae McCoy 1841 | |
Nucleospira sp. Hall 1859 |