Plan Incline de Ronquieres: Givetian - Early Frasnian, Belgium

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Plantae informal sporangia non-seed repro
Plantae informal megaspores megaspore
Protopteridium thomsoni fertile axis
Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris brabantica leaf
unclassified
Aulacopteris sp. axis Corda 1847
Coenopteridales
Langoxylon asterochlaenoideum axis Stockmans 1968
Lycopodiopsida - Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae
Lycopodites runcariana multi organs
unclassified
Prototaxites sp. Dawson 1859
Cladoxylopsida - Pseudosporochnales
Calamophyton primaevum multi organs Kraeusel and Weyland 1925
unclassified
Ginkgophytopsis belgica multi organs, leaf
Avelinesia antiqua sterile axis Dawson 1871
Hoegia filiformis axis
Runcaria heinzelinii seed repro Stockmans 1968
Serrulacaulis furcatus sterile axis Hueber 1961
Psilophytopsida - Psilophytales
Legrandia sporangifera axis Stockmans 1968
unclassified
Dictoxylon sp. axis
Psilophytopsida - Psilophytales
Lerichea krystofovitchii fertile axis Stockmans 1968
Pseudosporochnus nodosus multi organs
Pseudosporochnus krejcii multi organs Potonie and Bernard 1903
unclassified
Drepanophycus spinosus sterile axis
Protolepidodendron sharyanum sterile axis
renamed Leclercquia by Fairon-Demaret, 1981
Svalbardia avelinesiana multi organs
Sulcocladus multipunctatus sterile axis Stockmans 1968
Lyginodendron sp. axis Gourlie 1843
see common names

Geography
Country:Belgium State/province:Ronquieres
Coordinates: 50.0° North, 4.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.3° South, 6.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:88 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Devonian Epoch: Middle Devonian - Late Devonian
Stage: Givetian - Frasnian 10 m.y. bin: Devonian 3 - Devonian 4
*Period:Middle Devonian - Middle - Late/Upper Devonian
*International age/stage:Middle - Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian
Key time interval: Givetian - Early Frasnian
Age range of interval: 387.7 - 379.3 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bois de Bordeaux Member:Mazy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:ferruginous,gray,yellow lithified sandy sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Geology comments: Sandy layers alternate with a red conglomerate.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression,adpression,permineralized,original carbon,replaced with pyrite
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Spatial orientation:random
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Articulated whole bodies:none
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Size sorting:poor
Fragmentation:frequent
Encrustation:none
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:allochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,mechanical,peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Some identifications need reexamination.
Metadata
Database number:32216
Authorizer:P. Gensel Enterer:P. Gensel
Modifier:P. Gensel Research group:paleobotany
Created:2003-06-12 09:20:20 Last modified:2004-02-23 12:11:52
Access level:the public Released:2003-06-12 09:20:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
8678. F. Stockmans. 1968. Vegetaux Mesodevoniens Recoltes Aux Confins Du Massif Du Brabant (Belgique). Institut Royal Des Sciences Naturelles De Belgique, Memoire 159:3-49 [P. Gensel/P. Gensel/M. Uhen]