Moulin d'Aumage (Cretaceous of France)

Where: Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France (44.0° N, 5.5° E: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 15.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Aptian (125.5 - 122.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• probably the southern end of the Sault biostrome

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: E. Morycowa and J. P. Masse. 2009. Lower Cretaceous Microsolenina (Scleractinia) from Provence (southern France). Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 79:97-140 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 116614: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolena guttata Koby 1897 stony coral
Microsolena parva n. sp. Morycowa and Masse 2009 stony coral