Where: Belgium (50.4° N, 4.6° E: paleocoordinates 48.3° S, 10.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Conochitina rugata other zone, Bois de Presles Member (Fosses Formation), Rawtheyan (448.8 - 445.2 Ma)
• Lower beds of Upper Member. Faulx-les-Tombes member overlies Bois de Presles member of Fosses. Fosses overlies Vitrival-Bruyère Formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithified, green, sandy shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Collected by P. J. Lespérance in 1974
Primary reference: P. J. Lespérance and P. M. Sheehan. 1987. Trilobites et Brachiopodes ashgilliens (Ordovicien supérieur) de l'"Assise" de Fosse, Bande de Sambre-Meuse (Belgique). Bulletin-Institut royal des sciences naturelles de Belgique. Sciences de la terre 57:91-123 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 185316: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 18.04.2017
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Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
Toxochasmops cognitus trilobite | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Skenidioides cf. craigensis2 Reed 1917 given as Skenidioides sp., but described as close to S. craigensis
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Boreadorthis sheehani n. sp.1
Boreadorthis sheehani n. sp.1 Cocks 2014 | |
"Dalmanella sambrensis" = Onniella jonesi2
"Dalmanella sambrensis" = Onniella jonesi2 Davidson 1883 | |
? Cyclospira sp.2 Hall and Clarke 1893 | |
Strophomenata | |
Vellamo sp.2 Opik 1930 | |
Oxoplecia cf. plicata2 Wiman 1907
Triplesia ? hintsae1 Cocks 2014 | |
"Costistrophomena costata" = Katastrophomena (Costistrophomena) costata2, Katastrophomena catalorni2
"Costistrophomena costata" = Katastrophomena (Costistrophomena) costata2 Sheehan 1987
Katastrophomena catalorni2 Sheehan 1987 | |
Strophomena sp.2 Rafinesque and De Blainville 1824 | |
Sowerbyella cf. raegaverensis2 Rõõmusoks 1959 | |
Christiania magna2 Sheehan 1987 |