Sample W of the Hanonet Fm, in La Couvinoise Quarry: Early Givetian, Belgium
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Conodonta
- Ozarkodinida
- Polygnathidae
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Polygnathus linguiformis
Hinde 1879
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R category | |||||||||
Polygnathus linguiformis linguiformis | ||||||||||
Anthozoa
- Rugosa
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Rugosa indet.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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large rugose corals | ||||||||||
Stromatoporoidea
- Stromatoporoidea
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Stromatoporoidea indet.
Nicholson and Murie 1878
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laminar stromatoporoids | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Belgium | State/province: | Namur | County: | Couvin |
Coordinates: | 50.1° North, 4.5° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 24.4° South, 6.5° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Middle Devonian |
Stage: | Givetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 3 |
Key time interval: | Early Givetian | ||
Age range of interval: | 387.7 - 385.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Hanonet | ||||
Local section: | La Couvinoise Quarry | Local bed: | W | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: lower Givetian, Hanonet Fm |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
Environment: | lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal |
Geology comments: a local sheltered, shallow marine environment inshore of crinoid and coral banks, Copper's biotope 1 |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | difficult macrofossils |
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:Spinatrypid and stringocephalid brachiopods were identified by W. Struve in 1987. M. Coen-Aubert identified the rugose corals. A = abundant, C = common, R = rare. |
Metadata
Database number: | 70436 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | J. Sessa |
Modifier: | J. Sessa | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2007-03-22 12:42:09 | Last modified: | 2015-05-22 16:34:29 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-03-22 12:42:09 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
23579. | P. Bultynck and C. Hollevoet. 1999. The Eifelian-Givetian boundary and Struve's Middle Devonian Great Gap in the Couvin area (Ardennes, southern Belgium). Senckenbergiana lethaea 79(1):3-11 [A. Miller/J. Sessa/A. Miller] |