Ferques, brachiopod assemblage 2: Givetian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Atrythyris betencourti
137 specimens
Athyris kaisini
21 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina sauvagei
23 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris inflata (Schnur 1853)
50 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae
Tenticospirifer plicatula
445 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
Undispirifer rigauxi
51 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Spinatrypa sp. Stainbrook 1951
105 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
cf. Ripidiorhynchus sp.
9 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Yunnanellidae
Schnurella ? sp.
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Stringocephalidae
Stringocephalus burtini (Defrance 1825)
1 specimen
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Productella subaculeata (Murchison 1840)
1 specimen
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Dagnachonetes cf. supragibbosus
7 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:France
Coordinates: 50.8° North, 1.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.4° South, 4.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Middle Devonian
Stage:Givetian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 3
Key time interval:Givetian
Age range of interval:387.70000 - 382.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Blacourt Member:Griset
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: bed C of the Griset Member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified packstone
Secondary lithology: lithified wackestone
Lithology description: bioclastic biomicritic limestome (packstone, wackestone and mudstone) with a fair proportion of clay- and silt sized material, 5-6 m thick around and above the first biostrome
Environment:perireef or subreef
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 1588
Database number:65769
Authorizer:L. Ivany Enterer:C. Story
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-09-25 08:29:52 Last modified:2008-09-12 08:53:25
Access level:the public Released:2006-09-25 08:29:52
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

18890. D. Brice. 2003. Brachiopod assemblages in the Devonian of Ferques (Boulonnais, France). Relations to palaeoenvironments and global eustatic curves. Bulletin of Geosciences 78(4):405-417 [L. Ivany/C. Story/C. Story]