La Serre, microbial-coral reef, Montagne Noire (Carboniferous of France)

Also known as Reef 2890

Where: France (43.6° N, 3.3° E: paleocoordinates 11.9° S, 12.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Roc de Murviel Formation, Serpukhovian (330.9 - 323.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified bindstone and lithified bafflestone

• Microbial-coral patch reef with several coral horizons in microbial limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Primary reference: M. Aretz and H.-G. Herbig. 2003. Contribution of rugose corals to late Viséan and Serpukhovian bioconstructions in the Montagne Noire (southern France). Permo-Carboniferous carbonate platforms and reefs. SEPM Special Publication 78:119-132 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 50810: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 23.05.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Cyanophyceae
  - Aphralysiaceae
Aphralysia sp.
Aphralysia sp. Garwood 1914
Anthozoa
 Tabulata -
Tabulata indet.
Tabulata indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Axophyllidae
Axophyllum sp.
Axophyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 horn coral
 Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
Clisiophyllum sp.
Clisiophyllum sp. Dana 1846 horn coral
 Stauriida - Palaeosmiliidae
Palastraea sp., Palaeosmilia sp.
Palastraea sp. McCoy 1851 horn coral
Palaeosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 horn coral
 Stauriida - Kiziliidae
Kizilia sp., Melanophyllidium sp.
Kizilia sp. Degtyarev 1965 horn coral
Melanophyllidium sp. Kropacheva 1966 horn coral
 Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Siphonodendron pauciradiale
Siphonodendron pauciradiale McCoy 1844 horn coral
 Stauriida - Lonsdaleiidae
Lonsdaleia sp., "Actinocyathus sp." = Lonsdaleia (Actinocyathus)
Lonsdaleia sp. McCoy 1849 horn coral
"Actinocyathus sp." = Lonsdaleia (Actinocyathus) d'Orbigny 1849 horn coral
Demospongiae
 Chaetetida - Chaetetidae
Chaetetidae indet.
Chaetetidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 chaetetid sponge
Foraminifera
 Palaeotextularoidea - Biseriamminidae
Biseriella parva
Biseriella parva Chernysheva 1948