Saint-Pierre les Martigues, Chainon de la Nerthe, Provence (Cretaceous of France)

Where: France (43.4° N, 5.1° E: paleocoordinates 33.8° N, 14.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Barremian (130.0 - 125.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: E. Morycowa and J. P. Masse. 1998. Les scléractiniaires du Barrémien-Aptien inférieur de Provence (SE de la France) [The Barremian-Early Aptian Scleractinia from Provence (SE France)]. Géobios 31(6):725-766 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 64066: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 31.08.2006

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
"Heliocoenia carpathica" = Stylina inflata, "Stylina regularis" = Stylina digitiformis
"Heliocoenia carpathica" = Stylina inflata Fromentel 1856 stony coral
"Stylina regularis" = Stylina digitiformis Achiardi 1880 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Donacosmilia massaliensis n. sp. Morycowa and Masse 1998 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
"Mesomorpha ornata" = Ahrdorffia ornata
"Mesomorpha ornata" = Ahrdorffia ornata Morycowa 1971 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Monopleuridae
Debrunia mutabilis n. gen. Matheron 1878 rudist