PBDB Collection

Peyrehorade locality (Miocene of France)

Where: France (43.6° N, 1.1° W: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 3.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)

• Lower Aquitanian

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; gray marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J.-P. Chevalier. 1963. Les madréporaires de l'Aquitanien inférieur de Peyrère près de Peyrehorade (Landes). Annales de l'Association Régionale pour l'Etude et la Recherche Scientifique 1:3-16 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 161396: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 05.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
Scleractinia -	Psammocyathus pyrenaicum Psammocyathus pyrenaicum Chevalier 1963 stony coral
Scleractinia - Actinastreidae	Actinastraea ? pyrenaica Actinastraea ? pyrenaica Chevalier 1962 stony coral
Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae	Madracis pulchella, Madracis decaphylla Madracis pulchella stony coral Madracis decaphylla stony coral
Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae	Stylophora sp., "Stylophora regulata" = Seriatopora regulata Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral "Stylophora regulata" = Seriatopora regulata Chevalier 1961 stony coral
Scleractinia - Acroporidae	Acropora sp., Acropora cf. lavandulina, "Astraeopora subcylindrica" = Astreopora, Astreopora microcalix n. sp., Alveopora matheroni n. sp., Alveopora meridionalis, Alveopora intricata Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral Acropora cf. lavandulina Michelin 1840 stony coral "Astraeopora subcylindrica" = Astreopora stony coral Astreopora microcalix n. sp. Chevalier 1963 stony coral Alveopora matheroni n. sp. stony coral Alveopora meridionalis stony coral Alveopora intricata stony coral
Scleractinia - Merulinidae	Caulastraea tournoueri, Tarbellastraea ellisiana, "Aphrastrea sp." = Favites, Favites neglecta, Cladocora vermiculata Caulastraea tournoueri Matheron 1961 stony coral Tarbellastraea ellisiana Defrance 1826 stony coral "Aphrastrea sp." = Favites Link 1807 stony coral Favites neglecta Michelotti 1868 stony coral Cladocora vermiculata stony coral
Scleractinia - Faviidae	Defrancia peyrerensis n. sp. Defrancia peyrerensis n. sp. stony coral
Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae	"Heliastraea sp." = Heliastrea "Heliastraea sp." = Heliastrea Milne Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral
Scleractinia - Mussidae	Syzygophyllia ? sp. Syzygophyllia ? sp. Reuss 1860 stony coral
Scleractinia -	Clonosmilia tournoueri Clonosmilia tournoueri Matheron 1963 stony coral
Scleractinia - Poritidae	Goniopora sp., Goniopora granosa, Porites (cf. Collegiana) sp. Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral Goniopora granosa Matheron 1961 stony coral Porites (cf. Collegiana) sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Scleractinia - Agariciidae	Agaricia okeni, Pavona matheroni Agaricia okeni stony coral Pavona matheroni Chevalier 1961 stony coral
Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae	"Agaricia granulata" = Actinaraea granulata "Agaricia granulata" = Actinaraea granulata Münster 1829 stony coral
Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae	Turbinaria sp., Turbinaria cyathiformis Turbinaria sp. Oken 1815 stony coral Turbinaria cyathiformis de Blainville 1830 stony coral
Scleractinia -	Diplothecangia minima, Anomopora ramosa, Miophora peyrerensis n. sp. Diplothecangia minima Chevalier 1963 stony coral Anomopora ramosa Chevalier 1958 stony coral Miophora peyrerensis n. sp. Chevalier 1963 stony coral
Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae	Desmophyllum subcostatum, Desmophyllum pyrenaicum, Cyathoceras minimaxis n. sp. Desmophyllum subcostatum stony coral Desmophyllum pyrenaicum stony coral Cyathoceras minimaxis n. sp. stony coral