Where: Alsace, France (43.4° N, 3.1° E: paleocoordinates 24.4° S, 15.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: middle Palmatolepis triangularis - upper Palmatolepis triangularis conodont zone, Coumiac Formation, Famennian (372.2 - 358.9 Ma)
• Frasnian part is in Middle Coumiac Formation, beds 23 through 31, zones "12" and "13". Famennian part is mainly in Upper Coumiac Formation, but also a bit of the Middle Coumiac Formation, and extending up into the Lower Griotte Formation, Triangularis Zone and extending up into the Crepida zone. PJW: Conodont zone basedd on Feist 2019.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; red lime mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. Klapper, R. Feist, R. T. Becker and M. R. House. 1993. Definition of the Frasnian/Famennian Stage boundary. Episodes 16(4):433-441 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 38676: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 28.04.2004
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