Aratane, section 62-64, sample 2823, Aratane Group, Hodh area (Devonian of Mauritania)

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

• shales with ferruginous sandy intercalations

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

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
  - Tropidoleptidae
Tropidoleptus sp.
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
? Devonochonetes sp.
? Devonochonetes sp. Muir-Wood 1962
 Strophomenida - Anopliidae
? Arcuaminetes deynouxi
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
"Orbiculoidea" sp.
"Orbiculoidea" sp. d'Orbigny 1847