ammonites
Matringhem (Pas-de-Calais), France (Devonian of France)

Where: Lys Valley, France (50.6° N, 2.2° W: paleocoordinates 41.1° S, 35.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Devonian (416.0 - 391.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: argillaceous sandstone

• Geological information from Gosselet & Dolle (1910)
• soft, white, lenticular, argillaceous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: quarrying, chemical, mechanical,

• first described by P. Bertrand (1913)

Primary reference: P. Danze-Corsin. 1955. Contribution a l'etude des flores devoniennes du Nord de la France. I. - Flore eodevonienne de Matringhem. [Contribution to the Study of the Devonian Flora of Northern France. Part I - Eodevonian Flora of Matringhem.]. Extrait des Annales de la Societe Geologique du Nord 75:143-159 [P. Gensel/C. Bernard/C. Bernard] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 28038: authorized by Pat Gensel, entered by Caroline Bernard on 21.01.2003