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- Title
A poorly diversified trilobite association from the lower Emsian (Lower Devonian) in the Sankt Vith area (East Belgium).
- Authors
VAN VIERSEN, ALLART P.; TAGHON, PETER
- Abstract
A poorly diversified trilobite association is recorded from an outcrop near the village of Breitfeld, Sankt Vith area, East Belgium. The co-occurrence of Arduennella maillieuxi (Asselberghs, 1923) and Burmeisterella quadrispinosa Wenndorf, 1990 in the Breitfeld locality is suggestive of an early lower Emsian age. The outcropping rocks are provisionally attributed to the lower part of the Our Formation (lower Emsian) as opposed to previous assignment to the "Quartzophyllades de Saint Vith" or Sankt Vith Formation (Pragian). Some nomenclatoral notes are provided on the types of A. maillieuxi as the lectotype could not be traced; a cast of the lectotype as well as several paralectotypes of this species are illustrated. Our material of B. quadrispinosa includes cephalic remains that bring new insights into the morphology of this species. A third species, Treveropyge hellemondi sp. nov., is furthermore described. Palaeobiogeographic affiliations of the trilobite association are discussed. A tentative first step is proposed towards trilobite-based correlations of Emsian strata in the Ardenno-Rhenish Mountains.
- Subjects
BELGIUM; TRILOBITES; PALEONTOLOGY; MOUNTAINS; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY
- Publication
Geologica Belgica, 2020, Vol 23, Issue 1/2, p19
- ISSN
1374-8505
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.20341/gb.2019.011