Ferrals 3. 080 m. (Cambrian of France)

Where: Languedoc-Roussillon, France (43.4° N, 2.6° E: paleocoordinates 51.9° S, 110.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Solenopleuropsis thorali trilobite zone, Ferrals Formation, Middle Cambrian (509.0 - 497.0 Ma)

• Given as Jincella cf. prantli zone. Languedocian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

• Gres

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: J. J. Álvaro and D. Vizcaïno. 1998. Révision biostratigraphique du Cambrien moyen du versant méridional de la Montagne Noire (Languedoc, France). Bulletin de la Société géologique de France 169(2):233-242 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 198927: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 18.01.2019

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Ptychopariida - Solenopleuridae
 Ptychopariida - Conocoryphidae
Bailiella levyi Munier-Chalmas and Bergeron 1889 trilobite
 Redlichiida - Paradoxididae
"Eccaparadoxides brachyrachis" = Paradoxides (Eccaparadoxides), "Eccaparadoxides mediterraneus" = Paradoxides (Eccaparadoxides)
"Eccaparadoxides brachyrachis" = Paradoxides (Eccaparadoxides) trilobite
"Eccaparadoxides mediterraneus" = Paradoxides (Eccaparadoxides) trilobite
Artiopoda
 Agnostida -
 Agnostida - Spinagnostidae
Cincta
  - Sucocystidae
Elliptocinctus barrandei Munier-Chalmas et al. 1889
  - Gyrocystidae
Gyrocystis platessa Jaekel 1918
Eocrinoidea
 Ascocystitida -
 Gogiida - Eocrinidae
Stylophora
 Cornuta - Ceratocystidae
Ctenocystoidea
 Ctenocystoida - Ctenocystidae
Ctenocystis smithi Ubaghs 1987
Edrioasteroidea
  - Stromatocystitidae
Cambraster cannati Miquel 1894