Open AccessEarly Carboniferous ammonoid faunas and stratigraphy of the Montagne Noire (France)
Author(s) -
Korn Dieter,
Feist Raimund
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
fossil record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.694
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1860-1014
pISSN - 1435-1943
DOI - 10.1002/mmng.200700002
Subject(s) - tournaisian , carboniferous , geology , paleontology , devonian , flysch , sedimentary rock , structural basin
The early Carboniferous (Mississippian) sedimentary succession of the Montagne Noire is subdivided into three major lithostratigraphic units, in ascending order the Montagne Noire Griotte Group (Devonian to Early Tournaisian), the Tournaisian to Viséan Saint‐Nazaire Group (with the Lydiennes, Faugères, Colonnes, and Puech Capel Formations, the latter new), and the Laurens Flysch Group (late Viséan). The ammonoid assemblages in these rock units are reviewed. A total of 29 Early Carboniferous ammonoid taxa at species level are determined. The new genus Nigrocyclus n. gen., and the new species Gattendorfia nazairensis n. sp., Globimitoceras albaillei n. sp., and Neogoniatites canovasi n. sp. are described. (© 2007 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)