Aratane, section 62-64, sample 1151, Aratane Group, Hodh area: Llandovery, Mauritania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Eatoniidae
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| 50 individuals | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Mauritania |
| Coordinates: | 18.3° North, 8.5° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 80.6° South, 8.0° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Silurian | Epoch: | Llandovery |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Silurian 1 | ||
| Key time interval: | Llandovery | ||
| Age range of interval: | 443.1 - 432.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Aratane | Member: | Guelb Makhsar scolithus Sandstone | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: sample 1151 a few metres above sample 2809 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
| Lithology description: white, sandy bed | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 62047 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-07-11 03:41:35 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-07-11 03:41:34 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 17943. | 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] |