Where: France (49.1° N, 3.9° E: paleocoordinates 46.0° N, 0.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the MfN
Primary reference: R. C. Baron-Szabo. 2009. Remarks on the genus Bathangia Keferstein, 1859, with the re-description of the holotype of the type species Bathangia sessilis (Schlotheim, 1820)(Anthozoa, Scleractinia; Middle Eocene [Lutetian]). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 122(4):393-398 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 124263: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.02.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Bathangia sessilis Schlotheim 1820 stony coral | |
"Astrocoenia decaphylla" = Stelidioseris decaphylla
"Astrocoenia decaphylla" = Stelidioseris decaphylla Michelin 1846 stony coral |