Courtagnon (Eocene of France)

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

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Bathangia sessilis Schlotheim 1820 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
"Astrocoenia decaphylla" = Stelidioseris decaphylla
"Astrocoenia decaphylla" = Stelidioseris decaphylla Michelin 1846 stony coral