Also known as Was: Layer F, Schistes de Saint-Chinian Fm., Saint-Chinian, Montagne Noire, France

Where: Montagne Noire, France (43.4° N, 2.9° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 81.6° S, 7.7° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Euloma filacovi trilobite zone, F Member (Saint-Chinian Formation), Floian (477.7 - 470.0 Ma)

• Was Schistes de Saint-Chinian, Layer F - Asaphelina barroisi zone, Arenig

•Uppermost Tremadoc. However, F is in Euloma filacovi zone, which is lowermost Floian.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, concretionary, micaceous, sandy, cherty/siliceous shale and lithified sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

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 20827: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 10.06.2002, edited by Pete Wagner

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