Saint-Chinian: Arenig, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Pterobranchia - Dendroidea - Acanthograptidae
Dictyonema sp. Hall 1851
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Phyllograptidae
Tetragraptus sp. Salter 1863
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Dichograptidae
Calamograptus sp.
Clonograptus sp. Nicholson 1873
Somasteroidea - Chinianasteridae
Villebrunaster thorali Spencer 1951
Spencer 1951
Among specimens originally id'ed as Chinianaster levyi
Chinianaster levyi Thoral 1935
Thoral 1935
Stenuroidea - Eophiuridae
Palaeura sp. Jaekel 1903
Palaeura jacobi Thoral 1935
Thoral 1935
recombined as Pradesura jacobi
Stylophora - Mitrata - Kirkocystidae
Anatifopsis sp. Barrande 1872
Rhombifera - Cheirocrinidae
Cheirocrinus sp. Eichwald 1856
Eocrinoidea
Balantiocystis sp. Chauvel 1966
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Lesueurillidae
Lesueurilla sp. Koken 1898
    = Lesueurilla prima Perner 1903
Babin et al. 1982
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida
Cymbularia sp. Koken 1896
    = Cymbularia laevis Thoral 1935
Babin et al. 1982
recombined as Thoralispira laevis
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae
Sinuites sp. Koken 1896
    = Sinuites cf. sowerbyi Perner 1903
Babin et al. 1982
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Peelerophon sp. Yochelson 1982
    = Peelerophon oehlerti Bergeron 1889
Babin et al. 1982
Tergomya - Cyrtonellida - Carcassonnellidae
Gamadiscus sp. Horný 1962
    = Gamadiscus courtessolei Yochelson 1982
Babin et al. 1982
recombined as Carcassonnella courtessolei
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Praenuculidae
Synek sp. Barrande 1881
Bivalvia - Afghanodesmatida - Tironuculidae
Ekaterodonta sp. Babin 1982
Bivalvia - Lyrodesmatidae
Bivalvia - Thoraliidae
Miquelana sp. Babin et al. 1982
synonym of Thoralia
Bivalvia - Babinkidae
Babinka sp. Barrande 1881
Bivalvia - Coxiconchiidae
Coxiconcha sp. Babin 1966
corrected as Coxiconchia
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Redonia sp. Rouault 1851
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae
Orthambonites sp. Pander 1830
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Archaeorthidae
Pleurorthis sp. Cooper 1956
Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Spondyglossella sp.
Agnostida - Metagnostidae
Anglagnostus sp. Howell 1935
Trinodus sp. M'Coy 1846
Geragnostus sp. Howell 1935
Trilobita - Olenida - Eulomidae
Euloma sp. Angelin 1854
Trilobita - Phacopida - Pharostomatidae
Pharostomina sp. Sdzuy 1955
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Prionocheilus sp. Rouault 1847
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Paramegalaspis sp. Thoral 1935
Ekeraspis sp. (Tjernvik 1956)
original and current combination Megistaspis (Ekeraspis)
Asaphellus sp. Callaway 1877
Trilobita - Asaphida - Taihungshaniidae
Taihungshania sp. Sun 1931
Asaphellina sp. Chalmas and Bergeron 1989
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Ampyx sp. (Dalman 1827)
original and current combination Asaphus (Ampyx)
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Montagne Noire
Coordinates: 43.0° North, 3.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:63.8° South, 97.3° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 2
*Period:Early/Lower Ordovician *Epoch:Early/Lower Arenig
*International age/stage:Early/Lower Arenig
Key time interval:Arenig Trilobite zone: Asaphelina barroisi-Taihungshania miqueli
Age range of interval:477.70000 - 468.40000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Schistes de Saint-Chinian Member:Niveau G
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphy comments: Layer G - Asaphelina barroisi/ Taihungshania migueli zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:concretionary,micaceous lithified sandy "shale"
Secondary lithology: lithified sandstone
Lithology description: Occasionally sandy, micaceous, shale with fossiliferous nodules and occasional sandstone beds
Environment:offshore
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:species names
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Layer G, Schistes de Saint-Chinian Fm., Saint-Chinian, Montagne Noire, France
Database number:20828
Authorizer:A. Miller, P. Wagner Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall, P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-06-10 08:00:41 Last modified:2018-08-12 15:01:19
Access level:the public Released:2002-06-10 08:00:41
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
6346. J. C. Capera, R. Courtessole, and J. Pillet. 1978. Contribution à l'étude de l'Ordovicien inférieur de la Montagne Noire : biostratigraphie et révision des Agnostida. Annales de la Société Géologique du Nord 98(1):67-87 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/L. Villier]

Secondary references:

6345 C. Babin, R. Courtessole, M. Melou, J. Pillet, D. Vizcaino and E. L. Yochelson. 1982. Brachiopodes (Articulés) et mollusques (bivalves, rostroconches, monoplacophores, gastéropodes) de l’Ordovicien inférieur (Trémadocien-Arenigien) de la Montagne Noire (France méridionale) 1-63 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Wagner]
24459 J. Dean Shackleton. 2005. Skeletal homologies, phylogeny and classification of the earliest asterozoan echinoderms. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 3(1):29-114 [L. Villier/L. Villier]
24427 W. K. Spencer. 1951. Early Palaeozoic starfish. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, series B 235(B623):87-129 [L. Villier/L. Villier]
15242 M. Thoral. 1935. Contribution à l'étude paléontologique de l'Ordovicien inférieur de la Montagne Noire et révision sommaire de la faune cambrienne de la Montagne Noire. Imprimerie de la Charité, Montpellier 1-362 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/L. Villier]