Layer E, Est de Caunes-Minervois: Tremadoc, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Pharastomina sp.
Pterobranchia - Dendroidea
Dendroidea indet. Nicholson 1872
Crinoidea - Aethocrinida - Aethocrinidae
Aethocrinus moorei Ubaghs 1969
Soluta - Syringocrinida - Minervaecystidae
Minervaecystis sp.
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Peelerophon oehlerti (Bergeron 1889)
Yochelson 1982
Bivalvia - Babinkidae
Babinka prima Barrande 1881
Nord de Trausse, Minervois Occidental
Tergomya - Cyrtonellida - Carcassonnellidae
Gamadiscus courtessolei Yochelson 1982
Yochelson 1982
recombined as Carcassonnella courtessolei
Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Spondyglossella sp.
Agnostida - Metagnostidae
Trinodus sp. M'Coy 1846
Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Apatokephalus sp. Brögger 1896
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Ekeraspis sp. (Tjernvik 1956)
original and current combination Megistaspis (Ekeraspis)
Paramegalaspis sp. Thoral 1935
Trilobita - Asaphida - Nileidae
Aocaspis sp. Dolambi and Gond 1992
Symphysurus sp. Goldfuss 1843
Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Pateraspis sp. Prantl and Pribyl 1947
Trilobita - Olenida - Eulomidae
Euloma sp. Angelin 1854
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Montagne Noire
Coordinates: 43.3° North, 2.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:60.6° South, 101.3° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
10 m.y. bin:Cambrian-Ordovician
*Period:Early/Lower Ordovician *Epoch:Late/Upper Tremadoc
*International age/stage:Late/Upper Tremadoc
Key time interval:Tremadoc Trilobite zone: Euloma filacovi
Age range of interval:485.00000 - 477.70000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Saint-Chinian Member:E
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Originally Schistes de Saint-Chinian, Apatokephalus serratus zone. Uppermost Tremadoc

Also given as Eunoma filocovi zone: as that is the local zone, use that.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:concretionary,micaceous lithified sandy "shale"
Secondary lithology: lithified sandstone
Lithology description: Occasionally sandy, micaceous, shale with fossiliferous nodules and occasional sandstone beds
Environment:offshore
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:species names
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Was: Layer E, Schistes de Saint-Chinian Fm., Saint-Chinian, Montagne Noire, France
Database number:20819
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-06-10 07:09:21 Last modified:2019-09-26 20:57:05
Access level:the public Released:2002-06-10 07:09:21
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
6345. C. Babin, R. Courtessole, M. Melou, J. Pillet, D. Vizcaino and E. L. Yochelson. 1982. Brachiopodes (Articulés) et mollusques (bivalves, rostroconches, monoplacophores, gastéropodes) de l’Ordovicien inférieur (Trémadocien-Arenigien) de la Montagne Noire (France méridionale) 1-63 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

13409 E. L. Yochelson. 1982. Mollusques monoplacopheres et gastropodes. In C. Babin, R. Courtessole, M. Melour, J. Pillet, D. Vizcaino & E.L. Yochelson (eds.), Brachiopodes (Articules) et Mollusques (Bivalves, Rostroconches, Monoplacophores, Gastropodes) de L'Ordovicien Inferieur (Tremadocien - Arenigien) de la Montagne Noire (France Meridionale) 51-63 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]