Le Fret Formation trilobites, Rade de Brest, Massif Armoricain: Late/Upper Emsian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Leonaspis (Leonaspis) britannica
Radiaspis sp. Richter and Richter 1917
Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae
Comura (Comura) granulispina
spelled with current rank as Asteropyge (Comura)
Rhenops babini Morzadec 1983
recombined as Pennarbedops babini
Kayserops kerfornei
Kayserops inflatus
Breizhops lanceolatus
Treveropyge (Treveropyge) celtica Morzadec 1969
recombined as Coltraneia celtica
Greenops struvei
Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Phacops sp. Emmrich 1839
Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Proetus (Gerastos) informal sp. 1 Goldfuss 1843
Trilobita - Proetida - Otarionidae
Otarion (Otarion) gaultieri
Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae
Lobopyge pustulosus
replaced by Belenopyge
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Alsace
Coordinates: 48.4° North, 4.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.1° South, 30.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Early/Lower Devonian
Stage:Emsian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 2
Key time interval:Late/Upper Emsian
Age range of interval:398.30000 - 393.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Le Fret
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: upper Emsian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Secondary lithology: "shale"
Lithology description: Lithotypes from diagrammatic section: "calcaires"; "schistes" [with symbol that seems to denote limestone nodules]
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Trilobites only.
Metadata
Database number:40065
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:M. Foote Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-06-16 13:13:09 Last modified:2006-09-13 14:01:03
Access level:the public Released:2004-06-16 13:13:09
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

10864. P. Morzadec. 1983. Trilobites du Devonien (Emsien-Famennien) de la Rade de Brest (Massif Armoricain). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 181(4-6):103-184 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]