Le Foulon: Klabava, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Dichograptidae
? Didymograptus sp. McCoy 1851
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae
Orthambonites sp. Pander 1830
Sinorthis sp.
Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Rafanoglossa sp. Havlicek 1980
Bivalvia - Babinkidae
Babinka sp. Barrande 1881
Bivalvia - Coxiconchiidae
Coxiconcha sp. Babin 1966
corrected as Coxiconchia
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Redonia sp. Rouault 1851
? Cymatonota sp. Ulrich 1893
Modiolopsis sp. Hall 1847
Bivalvia - Afghanodesmatida - Tironuculidae
Ekaterodonta sp. Babin 1982
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida
Cymbularia laevis Thoral 1935
recombined as Thoralispira laevis
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Lesueurillidae
Lesueurilla prima (Perner 1903)
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Paramegalaspis sp. Thoral 1935
Basiliella sp. Kobayashi 1934
spelled with current rank as Basilicus (Basiliella)
Trilobita - Asaphida - Nileidae
Symphysurus sp. Goldfuss 1843
Trilobita - Asaphida - Taihungshaniidae
Taihungshania sp. Sun 1931
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Neseuretus sp. Hicks 1873
Trilobita - Phacopida - Bathycheilidae
Bathycheilus sp. Holub 1908
Trilobita - Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Colpocoryphe sp. Novak and Perner 1918
Platycoryphe sp. Foerste 1919
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Montagne Noire
Coordinates: 43.0° North, 3.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:63.8° South, 97.3° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 2
*Period:Early/Lower Ordovician *Epoch:Early/Lower Arenig
*International age/stage:Early/Lower Arenig - Middle Arenig
Key time interval:Klabava Trilobite zone: Neseuretus arenosus - Symphysurus sabulosus
Age range of interval:477.70000 - 467.30000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Couches du Foulon Member:Niveau K
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:concretionary lithified sandy "shale"
Secondary lithology: lithified sandstone
Lithology description: Sandy shale, sandstone, and rare fossiliferous nodules
Environment:transition zone/lower shoreface
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:species names
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Layer K, Couches du Foulon Fm., Foulon, Montagne Noire, France
Database number:20824
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-06-10 07:40:56 Last modified:2018-04-17 21:51:14
Access level:the public Released:2002-06-10 07:40:56
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]