Where: Brittany, France (48.3° N, 4.2° W: paleocoordinates 31.9° S, 22.0° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Polygnathus varcus conodont zone, Kersadiou Formation, Middle Givetian (388.1 - 383.7 Ma)
• Section LA-29; Polygnathus varcus (lower)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: concretionary, black, gray, cherty/siliceous shale and siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: concretion
Primary reference: R. B. Blodgett, J. Fryda, and P. R. Racheboeuf. 1999. Upper Middle Devonian (Givetian) gastropods from the Kersadiou Formation, Brittany, France. Journal of Paleontology 73(6):1081-1100 [A. Miller/K. Layou/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 5916: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 15.12.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Palaeozygopleura sp. HornĂ½ 1955 snail | |
"Subulites (Fusispira) sp." = Fusispira
"Subulites (Fusispira) sp." = Fusispira Hall 1872 snail | |
Parahormotomina sibertae n. sp.
Parahormotomina sibertae n. sp. Blodgett et al. 1999 snail | |
"Finisterella tibidiensis n. sp." = Hanusispira tibidiensis
"Finisterella tibidiensis n. sp." = Hanusispira tibidiensis Blodgett et al. 1999 snail | |
Breizospira crozonensis n. sp., "Angyomphalus (Eoangyomphalus) weyanti n. subgen. n. sp." = Eoangyomphalus weyanti, Eoplatyzona ongaroae n. sp.
Breizospira crozonensis n. sp. Blodgett et al. 1999 snail
"Angyomphalus (Eoangyomphalus) weyanti n. subgen. n. sp." = Eoangyomphalus weyanti Blodgett et al. 1999 snail
Eoplatyzona ongaroae n. sp. Blodgett et al. 1999 snail | |
Crenistriella armoricana n. sp.
Crenistriella armoricana n. sp. Blodgett et al. 1999 snail | |
Retispira ? sp. Knight 1945 snail | |
"Patellilabia (Phragmosphaera) ponceti n. sp." = Phragmosphaera ponceti
"Patellilabia (Phragmosphaera) ponceti n. sp." = Phragmosphaera ponceti Blodgett et al. 1999 snail | |
Sinuitina morzadeci n. sp., Tropidodiscus sp.
Sinuitina morzadeci n. sp. Blodgett et al. 1999 snail
Tropidodiscus sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 snail | |
"Brokenriveria cf. caelata" = Brokenriveria caelatus
"Brokenriveria cf. caelata" = Brokenriveria caelatus Goldfuss 1844 snail | |
Naticopsis sp. M'Coy 1844 snail |