Where: Mauritania (18.4° N, 8.1° W: paleocoordinates 55.1° S, 3.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Aratane Group, Givetian (388.1 - 383.7 Ma)

• uppermost part of Aratane Group; ?varcus conodont zone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. R. Racheboeuf, R. Gourvennec, M. Deynoux and D. Brice. 2004. The Devonian of the Hodh area (Islamic Republic of Mauritania): paleontology and stratigraphy. Journal of Paleontology 78(1):98-110 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62060: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.07.2006