Where: Mauritania (18.3° N, 8.5° W: paleocoordinates 54.4° S, 2.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Aratane Group, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)
• upper part of Aratane Group; ?varcus conodont zone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: P. R. Racheboeuf, R. Gourvennec, M. Deynoux and D. Brice. 2004. The Devonian of the Hodh area (Islamic Republic of Mauritania): paleontology and stratigraphy. Journal of Paleontology 78(1):98-110 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 62049: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.07.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Lingulata | |
"Orbiculoidea" sp. d'Orbigny 1847 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Strophomenata | |
? Devonochonetes sp. Muir-Wood 1962 | |