Assemblage 8: Frasnian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Productida - Araksalosiidae
Whidbornella productoides
1 specimen
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Productella subaculeata (Murchison 1840)
8 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Longispina maillieuxi
231 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
Douvillina thomasi
3 specimens
Douvillina ferquensis
3 specimens
Douvillina dutertrei (Murchison 1840)
90 specimens
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Areostrophiidae
Eoschuchertella bouchardi
6 specimens
Eoschuchertella elegans
795 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Metabolipa meatsi
68 specimens
synonym of Gypidula
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina bouchardi Brice 1988
40 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Aulacella sp.
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Draboviidae
Monelasmina deshayesi
7 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria striatula von Schlotheim 1813
469 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae
Cyrtospirifer syringothyriformis
790 specimens
Cyrtospirifer loonesi
14 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Echinospiriferidae
Rigauxia acutosina
18 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Adolfiidae
Adolfia sauvagei
6 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Eleutherokomma barroisi
155 specimens
Eleutherokomma legayi
46 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris oehlerti
4 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cranaenidae
Cranaena rigauxi
67 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Desquamatia belliloci
182 specimens
Spinatrypina pratorum
8 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Platyterorhynchidae
Platyterorhynchus gosseleti
62 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Ripidiorhynchus ferquensis
2 specimens
Ripidiorhynchus boloniensis
8 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Pugnacidae
Globulirhynchia lemesli
1 specimen
Coeloterorhynchus kayseri
85 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. 10-12m thick
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal,black claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: The sediments are represented by dark clays with rare calcareous quartziferous biomicritic nodules. These are overlain by black clays with more abundant calcareous nodules.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Upper part of the Patures member of the Beaulieu formation
Database number:65817
Authorizer:L. Ivany Enterer:C. Story
Modifier:L. Ivany Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-09-25 11:45:25 Last modified:2006-09-25 21:47:49
Access level:the public Released:2006-09-25 11:45:25
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]