Assemblage 7: Frasnian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Echinospiriferidae
Rigauxia acutosina
100 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Apousiella belliloci
312 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Aulacella sp.
4 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Cariniferella mistiani
125 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria striatula von Schlotheim 1813
10 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Draboviidae
Monelasmina deshayesi
1264 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Desquamatia belliloci
85 specimens
Desquamatia legayi
13 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Pugnacidae
Coeloterorhynchus kayseri
84 specimens
Globulirhynchia lemesli
100 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Metabolipa meatsi
1 specimen
synonym of Gypidula
Strophomenata - Productida - Araksalosiidae
Steinhagella cf. membranacea
1 specimen
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Productella subaculeata (Murchison 1840)
64 specimens
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Areostrophiidae
Eoschuchertella bouchardi
111 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Gamphalosia gosseleti
120 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
Douvillina thomasi
141 specimens
Douvillina douxami
100 specimens
Douvillina ferquensis
350 specimens
Douvillinaria fischeri
1000 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Longispina rigauxi
267 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Boulonnais County:Ferques
Coordinates: 46.0° North, 2.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:28.1° South, 21.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Late/Upper Devonian
Stage:Frasnian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 4
Key time interval:Frasnian
Age range of interval:382.70000 - 372.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Beaulieu Member:Patures
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: approx. 4-5m thick
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,green carbonaceous lime mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Sediments are represented by greenish-grey carbonate muds and marls, yellowish by alteration, and several calcareous (wackestone-packstone) nodules.
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Lowermost part of the Patures member
Database number:65816
Authorizer:L. Ivany Enterer:C. Story
Modifier:L. Ivany Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-09-25 11:32:52 Last modified:2006-09-25 21:48:20
Access level:the public Released:2006-09-25 11:32:52
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]