L'Armorique Point section, bed 77c, Armorican Massif: Lochkovian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Protozoa
Cingulochitina ervensis
Cingulochitina plusquelleci
Margachitina tenuipes
Margachitina catenaria tenuipes
Urochitina simplex
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Finistere
Coordinates: 48.4° North, 4.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.0° South, 36.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Early/Lower Devonian
Stage:Lochkovian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 1
*Epoch:Lower Devonian
Key time interval:Lochkovian
Age range of interval:419.20000 - 410.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:l'Armorique
Local section:L'Armorique Point Local bed:77c
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: in the middle part of the southern section of L'Armorique Point
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
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 "the distribution of the main taxa" among conodonts, chitinozoans, brachiopods, and trilobites
Metadata
Database number:6167
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:C. Ferguson Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-02-01 11:13:46 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]