Where: Montagne Noire, France (43.5° N, 3.2° W: paleocoordinates 15.8° S, 7.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Lydienne Formation, Mississippian (358.9 - 323.2 Ma)

• A number of diagnostic marine fossils (conodonts, ammonoids) are present

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; black chert and black shale

Preservation: concretion, permineralized

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: A. C. Scott, J. Galtier, and G. Clayton. 1984. Distribution of anatomically-preserved floras in the Lower Carboniferous in Western Europe. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 75:311-340 [H. Sims/H. Sims/H. Sims]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 10663: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Jonathan Allen on 08.06.2001, edited by Alistair McGowan

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