Bou Dib, section 73, sample 2764, Aratane Group, Hodh area: Givetian, Mauritania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Cyrtospiriferidae
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"Cyrtospirifer" cf. verneuili
(Murchison 1840)
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Geography
| Country: | Mauritania |
| Coordinates: | 18.4° North, 8.1° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.9° South, 20.3° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Middle Devonian |
| Stage: | Givetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 3 |
| Key time interval: | Givetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 387.95 - 382.31 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Aratane | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: uppermost part of Aratane Group; ?varcus conodont zone | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
| Lithology description: medium to coarse-grained argillaceous sandstones | |
| 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: | 62060 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-07-11 05:17:39 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-07-11 05:17:37 |
| 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] |