Machenées Member

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Abbreviation MAC
Parent unit Pont de la Folle Formation
Child units none
Lithological description Nodular shale and shale rich in fossils.
Age Early to middle Frasnian
Thickness 55 m in the type area
Area of occurrence North-western part of the Durbuy–Philippeville Anticlinorium, north-western limb of the Dinant Synlinorium.
Type locality Eastern trench of the Charleroi–Couvin road (N5–E420), on both sides of the railway bridge south of Philippeville, but is largely overgrown nowadays.
Alternative names none
Authors Mottequin, B., Denayer, J., Delcambre, B., Marion, J.-M. & Poty, E.
Date 23/09/2025
Cite as Mottequin, B., Denayer, J., Delcambre, B., Marion, J.-M. & Poty, E., 2025. The Machenées Member, 23/09/2025. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Machenees-Member
Additional information

Lithostratigraphy Devonian

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