Andon (Cretaceous of France)

Where: Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France (43.8° N, 6.8° E: paleocoordinates 32.6° N, 12.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Albian (112.0 - 109.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, black marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. Lagneau-Herenger. 1962. Contribution a l'etude des spongiaires siliceux du Cretace inferieur. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France 95:1-252 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 112209: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.07.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Hexactinellida
 Hexactinosa - Euretidae
"Periphragella elongata" = Verrucocoelia tubulata
"Periphragella elongata" = Verrucocoelia tubulata Smith 1848 glass sponge
 Hexactinosa -
Porospongia tenuis, Porospongia marginata
Porospongia tenuis Herenger 1944 glass sponge
Porospongia marginata Goldfuss 1829 glass sponge
subsp. micropora
 Hexactinosa - Cribrospongiidae
Stichmaptyx macroporus n. sp., "Hexactinella angustata" = Polyopesia angustata, "Tremadictyon aff. cucullatum" = Cribrospongia, Guettardiscyphia stellata
Stichmaptyx macroporus n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 glass sponge
"Hexactinella angustata" = Polyopesia angustata Schrammen 1902 glass sponge
"Tremadictyon aff. cucullatum" = Cribrospongia glass sponge
Guettardiscyphia stellata Michelin 1847 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Pachyteichismatidae
Trochobolus tuberculatus n. sp., Pachyteichisma cf. gresslyi
Trochobolus tuberculatus n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 glass sponge
Pachyteichisma cf. gresslyi Etallon 1859 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Coeloptychidae
Coeloptychium sp.
Coeloptychium sp. Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Camerospongiidae
Camerospongia elongata n. sp.
Camerospongia elongata n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Callodictyonidae
Tremabolites megastoma, Plocoscyphia communis, Plocoscyphia fenestrata, Becksia haugi, Sarophora aptiensis, Microblastidium gaultinum
Tremabolites megastoma Roemer 1840 glass sponge
Plocoscyphia communis Moret 1925 glass sponge
Plocoscyphia fenestrata Smith and Toulmin 1848 glass sponge
Becksia haugi Moret 1925 glass sponge
Sarophora aptiensis Herenger 1942 glass sponge
Microblastidium gaultinum Herenger 1944 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa -
"Plocoscyphia labrosa" = Plectascus labrosus
"Plocoscyphia labrosa" = Plectascus labrosus Smith 1848 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Ventriculitidae
Ventriculites radiatus, Leiostracosia punctata, Sporadoscinia decheni, Orthodiscus sp.
Ventriculites radiatus Mantell 1822 glass sponge
Leiostracosia punctata Schrammen 1902 glass sponge
Sporadoscinia decheni Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
Orthodiscus sp. Schrammen 1924 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Dactylocalycidae
"Exanthesis reticulatus" = Exanthesis (Exanthesis) reticulata
"Exanthesis reticulatus" = Exanthesis (Exanthesis) reticulata Hinde 1883 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Sporadopylidae
Xenoschrammenum regulare n. sp., Xenoschrammenum fragile
Xenoschrammenum regulare n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 glass sponge
Xenoschrammenum fragile Lagneau-Herenger 1962 glass sponge
 Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
"Craticularia virgatula" = Laocoetis virgatula, Craticularia stellata, Reticraticularia albiensis n. gen. n. sp., Leptophragma membranacea, Strephinia convoluta
"Craticularia virgatula" = Laocoetis virgatula Schrammen 1912 glass sponge
Craticularia stellata Lagneau-Herenger 1962 glass sponge
Reticraticularia albiensis n. gen. n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 glass sponge
Strephinia convoluta Hinde 1884 glass sponge