Sample 23 of the Jemelle Fm, east side of the Chemin de Boussu (Devonian of Belgium)

Where: Namur, Belgium (50.1° N, 4.5° E: paleocoordinates 25.3° S, 6.8° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Jemelle Formation, Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• late Eifelian, upper Jemelle Fm

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; green mudstone and argillaceous, silty limestone

• shallow marine, Copper's biotope 2
• silty greenish shales alternating with argillaceous, silty, mostly nodular limestone beds

Primary reference: P. Bultynck and C. Hollevoet. 1999. The Eifelian-Givetian boundary and Struve's Middle Devonian Great Gap in the Couvin area (Ardennes, southern Belgium). Senckenbergiana lethaea 79(1):3-11 [A. Miller/J. Sessa/A. Miller]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 70247: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 20.03.2007

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Taxonomic list

• Spinatrypid and stringocephalid brachiopods were identified by W. Struve in 1987. M. Coen-Aubert identified the rugose corals. A = abundant, C = common, R = rare.
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Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
Arduspirifer supraspeciosus
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria schnuri
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa (Planatrypa) collega, Atrypa (Planatrypa) cf. squamifera
Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Polygnathus linguiformis
Polygnathus linguiformis Hinde 1879 conodont
Polygnathus linguiformis linguiformis