Pointe de la Vieille (Pleistocene of France)

Where: Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France (43.8° N, 7.4° E: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 7.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Zibrowius. 1995. The "southern" Astroides calycularis in the Pleistocene of the northern Mediterranean - an indicator of climatic changes (Cnidaria, Scleractinia). Geobios 28(1):9-16 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 84937: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.11.2008

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Cladocora caespitosa Linne 1767 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Astroides calycularis Pallas 1766 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima lima Linnaeus 1758 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata
"Arca barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Venus verrucosa venus clam
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Astraea rugosa" = Bolma rugosus
"Astraea rugosa" = Bolma rugosus Linnaeus 1767 snail