L'Asnerie section, bed 27, Armorican Massif: Pragian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Protozoa
Margachitina tenuipes
Margachitina catenaria tenuipes
Gotlandochitina caecillae
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella carlsi
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
Anoplotheca sp.
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Uncinulidae
Eucharitina cf. oehlerti
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Iridostrophia sp. (Havlicek 1965)
[entered as Iridistrophia sp.]
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Ctenochonetes jouannensis
Ctenochonetes moyettensis
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Anopliidae
Caplinoplia beatrixae Racheboeuf 1991
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae
Mclearnitesella lecaroensis
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Hollardina trigeri
Tentaculita - Nowakiida - Nowakiidae
Nowakia aff. sororcula
Trilobita - Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Parahomalonotus cf. miloni (Renaud 1942)
Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae
Acastella sp. n. sp. Reed 1925
Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae
Lobopyge kerfornei
Conodonta - Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae
Icriodus fallax
Icriodus fallax ssp. indet.
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Mayenne
Coordinates: 48.1° North, 0.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.3° South, 38.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Devonian Epoch: Early Devonian
Stage: Pragian 10 m.y. bin: Devonian 1
*Epoch:Lower Devonian
Key time interval: Pragian
Age range of interval: 410.8 - 407.6 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Saint-Cenere
Local section:l'Asnerie Local bed:27
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal "limestone"
Lithology description: only lithologic information in the paper describes the sections as interbedded shales and bioclastic limestones; information entered below based on judgement from strat column illustrations
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils,some microfossils
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:list is based on "selected taxa among conodonts, chitinozoans, brachiopods, and trilobites"
Metadata
Database number:6083
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:C. Ferguson Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-01-26 13:35:58 Last modified:2004-03-13 22:45:00
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:29
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

388. P. Morzadec, F. Paris, Y. Plusquellec, P. R. Rachebouef, and M. Weyant. 1991. La limite Lochkovien-Praguien (Devonien inferieur) dans le Massif armoricain: especes index et correlations. Comptes Rendus de l''Academie des Sciences, Serie II 313:901-908 [A. Miller/K. Layou/P. Wagner]