Carriere de la Parisienne (Thin Basal Limestone, first collection): Frasnian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Productella subaculeata (Murchison 1840)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
Douvillina sp.
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Spinatrypa aspera
Spinatrypa explanata
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae
Cyrtospirifer verneuli
Tenticospirifer tenticulum
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria striatula von Schlotheim 1813
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Ripidiorhynchus ferquensis
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris concentrica (von Buch 1834)
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
"fenestrate bryozoans"
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Disphyllum sp. Fromentel 1861
Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831
originally entered as "Thamnophora sp."
see common names

Geography
Country:France
Coordinates: 48.9° North, 2.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:25.3° South, 20.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Late/Upper Devonian
Stage:Frasnian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 4
*Period:Late/Upper Devonian
Key time interval:Frasnian
Age range of interval:382.70000 - 372.20000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Calcaire de Ferques
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified argillaceous "carbonate"
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: fossils preserved on 1 cm thick slabs
Taxonomic list comments:abundances illustrated in histogram but not given numerically
Metadata
Database number:3399
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:C. Visaggi Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-07-31 17:22:42 Last modified:2004-03-11 16:25:05
Access level:the public Released:2001-01-11 12:01:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

193. P. Wallace. 1978. Homeomorphy between Devonian brachiopod communities in France and Iowa. Lethaia 11:259-272 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]