Where: Belgium (50.4° N, 4.6° E: paleocoordinates 46.0° S, 10.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Fungochitina fungiformis other zone, Bois de Presles Member (Fosses Formation), Onnian to Onnian (453.0 - 448.8 Ma)
• Lower beds. Given lower beds of lower member. Bois de Presles member of Fosses Formation overlies Vitrival-Bruyère Formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithified, green, calcareous 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 185318: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 18.04.2017
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Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
Calyptaulax sp. Cooper 1930 trilobite | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Dicoelosia cf. lata Wright 1964 | |
"Dalmanella sambrensis" = Onniella jonesi
"Dalmanella sambrensis" = Onniella jonesi Davidson 1883 | |
Laticrura cf. erecta Wright 1964 | |
Spirigerina (Eospirigerina) cf. sulevi Jaanusson 1954 | |
Strophomenata | |
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Fardenia sp. Lamont 1935 | |
Oxoplecia cf. plicata Wiman 1907 | |
"Costistrophomena costata" = Katastrophomena (Costistrophomena) costata
"Costistrophomena costata" = Katastrophomena (Costistrophomena) costata Sheehan 1987 | |
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828 | |
Sampo ruralis Reed 1917 |