Layer H, below and west of Rocs de Fayrols, near Camploug, Félines: Arenig, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Thoraliidae
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Thoralia n. gen. languedociana
(Thoral 1935)
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Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Montagne Noire |
| Coordinates: | 43.3° North, 2.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 64.0° South, 96.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | ||
| 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 2 | ||
| *Period: | Early/Lower Ordovician | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Arenig |
| *International age/stage: | Early/Lower Arenig | ||
| Key time interval: | Arenig | Trilobite zone: | Taihungshania miqueli |
| Age range of interval: | 477.70000 - 468.40000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | La Maurerie | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Was: Horizon a Miquelinia migueli | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified argillaceous siltstone |
| Lithology description: Argillaceous siltstone | |
| Environment: | transition zone/lower shoreface |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all microfossils,some macrofossils,species names |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Félines-Minervois | ||
| Database number: | 20923 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | P. Novack-Gottshall |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-06-12 11:23:28 | Last modified: | 2019-01-16 23:11:00 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-06-12 11:23:28 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6370. | N. J. Morris. 1980. A new Lower Ordovician bivalve family, the Thoraliidae (? Nuculoida), interpreted as actinodont deposit feeders. Bulletin of the British Museum Natural History (Geology Series) 34:265-272 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/A. Hendy] |