Where: Brittany, France (48.3° N, 4.5° W: paleocoordinates 32.0° S, 21.8° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Polygnathus varcus conodont zone, Kersadiou Formation, Middle Givetian (383.0 - 380.2 Ma)
• Lower Polygnathus varcus
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; 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 5922: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 15.12.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Hormotomina fiacrensis n. sp.
Hormotomina fiacrensis n. sp. Blodgett et al. 1999 snail |