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Evieux

Formation	Evieux
Member(s)	Fontin
Age:	365 - 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Interval	Famennian
Lithology	mudstone, sandstone, "shale", "shale"/sandstone, sandstone/"shale"
Number of Collections	19
Number of Occurrences	87

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Evieux	Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium	Evieux
Locality H	Modave, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium	Evieux - Fontin
Langlier Quarry at Durnal	Namur, Wallonia, Belgium	Evieux
Angleur Outcrop	Liège, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium	Evieux
Carriere	Avesnes-sur-Helpe, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France	Evieux
Florule at Strud-Haltinne	Namur, Wallonia, Belgium	Evieux
Railroad Cutting at Assesse	Assesse, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium	Evieux
Quarry at the station of Hamois-en-Condroz	Namur, Wallonia, Belgium	Evieux
Florule at Pont-de-Bonne-Modave	Modave, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium	Evieux
Quarry Rorive at Villers-le-Temple	Nandrin, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium	Evieux
Quarry L'Ecluse d'Evieux-Esneux	Esneux, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium	Evieux
Froidbermont-Olne	Olne, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium	Evieux
Florule of Booze-Trembleur	Blegny, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium	Evieux
Quarry of Val-Dieu-Charneux	Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium	Evieux
Railroad Trench at Dison	Dison, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium	Evieux
Quarry Suermondt at Moresnet	Plombières, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium	Evieux

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Assise de Winenne	419 - 383 Ma Devonian	schist	4
Bois de Bordeaux - Mazy	388 - 382 Ma Devonian	sandstone	32
Carboniferous Limestone	326 - 299 Ma Carboniferous	carbonate, "shale"/sandstone, "limestone", mudstone/siltstone	87
Evieux - Fontin	365 - 361 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	dolomite	1
Fromelennes - Mazy	388 - 384 Ma Middle Devonian	shale	14
Lambermont	372 - 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	shale	7

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Aneurophyton sp. genus	6	Plantae : Aneurophytophyta : Aneurophytopsida : Aneurophytales : Aneurophytaceae : *Aneurophyton*	364.7 - 360.7 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Archaeopteris sp. genus	6	Plantae : Aneurophytophyta : Archaeopteridopsida : Archaeopteridales : Archaeopteridaceae : *Archaeopteris*	364.7 - 360.7 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Jurinodendron brevifolium species	7	Plantae : Isoetophyta : Lepidocarpopsida : Jurinodendrales : Jurinodendraceae : Jurinodendron : *Jurinodendron brevifolium*	364.7 - 360.7 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Xenotheca sp. genus	6	Lagenospermopsida : Elkinsiales : Elkinsiaceae : *Xenotheca*	364.7 - 360.7 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Pinnularia sp. genus	6	*Pinnularia*	364.7 - 360.7 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Spiropteris sp. genus	6	*Spiropteris*	364.7 - 360.7 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Sphenopteris sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Lyginopteridaceae : *Sphenopteris*	364.7 - 360.7 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Condrusia sp. genus	6	Plantae : *Condrusia*	364.7 - 360.7 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Barinophyton sp. genus	6	Plantae : Zosterophyllophyta : Zosterophyllopsida : *Barinophyton*	364.7 - 360.7 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Spirorbis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Sabellida : Serpulidae : *Spirorbis*	364.7 - 360.7 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Brachiopoda phylum	2	Animalia : Brachiopoda	364.7 - 360.7 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Dipterus nelsoni species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Dipteridae : Dipterus : *Dipterus nelsoni*	364.7 - 360.7 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Langlieria socqueti species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Osteolepiformes : Tristichopteridae : Langlieria : *Langlieria socqueti*	364.7 - 360.7 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Holoptychius flemingi species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Porolepiformes : Holoptychiidae : Holoptychius : *Holoptychius flemingi*	364.7 - 360.7 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Eviostachya sp. genus	6	Plantae : Equisetophyta : Equisetopsida : Sphenophyllales : *Eviostachya*	364.7 - 360.7 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Rhacophyton sp. genus	6	Plantae : Pteridophyta : Rhacophytales : *Rhacophyton*	364.7 - 360.7 Ma Late/Upper Devonian

References

Stockmans F. (1948) Vegetaux du Devonien Superieur de la Belgique, Memoires du Musee Royal D'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 110, 3-85

Fairon-Demaret M. (1996) Dorinnotheca streelii Fairon-Demaret, gen. et sp. nov., a new early seed plant from the upper Famennian of Belgium, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 93, 217-233

Fairon-Demaret M., Leponce I., et al (2001) Archaeopteris from the Upper Famennian of Belgium: heterospory, nomenclature, and palaeobiogeography, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 115, 79-97

Clement G., Snitting D., et al (2009) A new tristichopterid (Sarcopterygii, Tetrapodomorpha) from the upper Famennian Evieux Formation (Upper Devonian) of Belgium, Palaeontology 52 4, 823-836

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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