Also known as Reef 1985
Where: France (43.8° N, 1.1° W: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 3.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: mechanical
Primary reference: C. Chaix and B. Cahuzac. 2001. Une faune inédite de coraux scléractiniaires dans le gisement chattien d'Escornebéou (Landes, SW France); stratigraphie, systématique et paléoécologie. Annales de Paléontologie 87(1):3-47 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 22968: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 05.07.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Astrocoenia bistellata Catullo 1856 stony coral | |
Pavona profunda Reuss 1868 stony coral
Pavona ruvida Prever 1921 stony coral | |
Goniopora granosa Matheron 1961 stony coral
Porites collegniana Michelin 1842 stony coral | |
Lithophyllia detrita Michelin 1842 stony coral | |
Favites detecta Michelotti 1871 stony coral
Antiguastrea alveolaris Catullo 1856 stony coral | |
Cladangia semispherica Defrance 1826 stony coral
Astrangia manthelanensis Chevalier 1961 stony coral | |
Heliastrea (Athecastraea) vesiculosa Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral Heliastraea (Athecastraea) vesiculosa
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Turbinaria cyathiformis, Balanophyllia sp., Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) cylindrica, Dendrophyllia sp., "Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) guidottii" = Dendrophyllia guidottii
Turbinaria cyathiformis de Blainville 1830 stony coral
Balanophyllia sp. Wood 1844 stony coral
Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) cylindrica Michelotti 1838 stony coral
Dendrophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
"Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) guidottii" = Dendrophyllia guidottii Simonelli 1897 stony coral | |
"Trochocyathus (Paratrochocyathus) michelottii" = Trochocyathus michelottii, Ceratotrochus (Edwardsotrochus) bellingherianus, Ceratotrochus (Edwardsotrochus) subcristatus, Ceratotrochus (Edwardsotrochus) pentaradiatus, Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) sp.
"Trochocyathus (Paratrochocyathus) michelottii" = Trochocyathus michelottii d'Achiardi 1868 stony coral
Ceratotrochus (Edwardsotrochus) bellingherianus Michelin 1841 stony coral
Ceratotrochus (Edwardsotrochus) subcristatus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Ceratotrochus (Edwardsotrochus) pentaradiatus Chevalier 1961 stony coral
Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Flabellum sp. Lesson 1831 stony coral
Flabellum aff. striatum Keferstein 1859 stony coral |