Where: France (41.9° N, 9.3° E: paleocoordinates 36.5° N, 4.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithology not reported
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: A. F. Poignant and S. A. du Chaffaut. 1969. Les algues des formations transgressives maestrichtiennes, paléocènes et yprésiennes de la côte sud-orientale de la Corse. Revue de Micropaléontologie 12(4):202-208 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 149311: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 01.08.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhodophyceae | |
Solenomeris ogormani Douvillé 1924 | |
Florideophyceae | |
Corallina prisca, Distichoplax biserialis, Lithophyllum densum, Lithophyllum quadrangulum, Archaeolithothamnium gunteri, Archaeolithothamnium nongsteinensis, "Lithothamnium abrardi" = Lithothamnion, "Lithothamnium cantabricum" = Lithothamnion, "Lithothamnium luxurum" = Lithothamnion, Lithothamnium cf. aggregatum
Corallina prisca Johnson 1957
Distichoplax biserialis Dieterich 1927
Lithophyllum quadrangulum Lemoine 1934
"Lithothamnium abrardi" = Lithothamnion
"Lithothamnium cantabricum" = Lithothamnion
"Lithothamnium luxurum" = Lithothamnion
Lithothamnium cf. aggregatum Lemoine 1939 | |
"Pseudolithothamnium album" = Polystrata alba, Peyssonnelia antiqua
"Pseudolithothamnium album" = Polystrata alba Pfender 1936
Peyssonnelia antiqua Johnson 1964 |