Provence area, Hauterivien (Cretaceous of France)

Where: France (43.7° N, 6.1° E: paleocoordinates 34.3° N, 15.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Hauterivian (132.9 - 129.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithology not reported

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: J. P. Masse and A. F. Poignant. 1970. Contribution à l'étude des algues du Crétacé Inférieur provencal. Interêt stratigraphique. Revue de Micropaléontologie 13(4):258-266 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 149807: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 26.08.2013

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Taxonomic list

Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Parachaetetes sp. Deninger 1906
Solenopora urgoniana Pfenfer 1930
Marinella lugeoni Pfender 1939
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Cymopolia sp. Lamouroux 1816
 Dasycladales -
Acicularia elongata Carozzi 1955
Anthozoa
 Gorgonacea -
Carpathoporella occidentalis Dragastan 1967 gorgonian