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Fauquez, Wallonia, Belgium

FormationFauquez
Age:450 - 444 Ma
Paleozoic
IntervalCaradocian
Lithologyshale
Number of Collections3
Number of Occurrences10

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Brabant MassifLessines, Hainaut, Wallonia, BelgiumFauquez
Old quarry northwest of Fauquez CastleIttre, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, BelgiumFauquez

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Brachiopoda
phylum		2Animalia : Brachiopoda460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Haplosphaeronis proiciens
species		7Animalia : Echinodermata : Diploporita : Sphaeronitidae : Haplosphaeronis : Haplosphaeronis proiciens449.5 - 443.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Echinosphaerites barrandei belgicus
subspecies		7.3Animalia : Echinodermata : Rhombifera : Echinosphaeritidae : Echinosphaerites : Echinosphaerites barrandei belgicus449.5 - 443.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Normalograptus sp.
genus		6Animalia : Hemichordata : Graptolithina : Bireclinata : Normalograptidae : Normalograptus460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Dicellograptus sp.
genus		6Animalia : Hemichordata : Dicranograptidae : Dicellograptus460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Diplacanthograptus dorotheus
species		7Animalia : Hemichordata : Graptolithina : Diplograptoidea : Diplograptidae : Diplacanthograptus : Diplacanthograptus dorotheus460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Orthograptus sp.
genus		6Animalia : Hemichordata : Graptolithina : Diplograptoidea : Diplograptidae : Orthograptus460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Orthoceras sp.
genus		6Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Orthoceratidae : Orthoceras460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician

References

Regnell G. (1951) Revision of the Caradocian-Ashgillian cystoid fauna of Belgium with notes on isolated pelmatozoan stem fragments, Bulletin de l’Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 120, 1-47
Maletz J., Servais T. (1998) Upper Ordovician graptolites from the Brabant Massif, Belgium, Geobios 31 1, 21-37
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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