Where: Montagne Noire, France (44.0° N, 4.0° E: paleocoordinates 62.8° S, 95.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Arenig (478.6 - 466.0 Ma)
• Zones J, K, L, and M of unknown formation(s)
Environment/lithology: marine
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: J. C. Capera, R. Courtessole, and J. Pillet. 1978. Contribution à l'étude de l'Ordovicien inférieur de la Montagne Noire : biostratigraphie et révision des Agnostida. Annales de la Société Géologique du Nord 98(1):67-87 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 20831: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 10.06.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
? Endoceras sp. Hall 1847 | |
Bivalvia | |
Redonia sp. Rouault 1851 clam | |
? Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Dalmanella sp. Hall and Clarke 1892 | |
Trilobita | |
Ampyx sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite | |
Orometopus sp. Broegger 1898 trilobite | |
Symphysurus sp. Goldfuss 1843 trilobite
Platypeltoides sp. Pribyl 1949 trilobite Originally Platypeltis, which is now a homynym of Platypeltoides
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Cyclopyge sp. Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite | |
? Ogygiocaris sp., "Asaphellus sp." = Asaphellus, "Plesiomegalaspis sp." = Asaphellus, Niobe sp., "Megalaspis sp." = Megistaspis
? Ogygiocaris sp. Angelin 1854 trilobite
"Asaphellus sp." = Asaphellus Callaway 1877 trilobite
"Plesiomegalaspis sp." = Asaphellus Callaway 1877 trilobite
Niobe sp. Angelin 1851 trilobite
"Megalaspis sp." = Megistaspis Jaanusson 1956 trilobite | |
Pliomerops sp. Raymond 1905 trilobite | |
Artiopoda | |
Trinodus sp. M'Coy 1846
Geragnostus sp. Howell 1935 | |
Pterobranchia | |
Tetragraptus sp. Salter 1863 graptolite | |
Holograptus sp. graptolite
Didymograptus sp. McCoy 1851 graptolite |