Martigues, Chainon de la Nerthe, Provence (Cretaceous of France)

Also known as Reef 1328

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

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Barremian (130.0 - 125.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• coral biostromes with stromatoporoids at the top or margin

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 64067: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 31.08.2006

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastrea pseudominima Koby 1897 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
"Eohydnophora picteti" = Eugyra (Felixigyra) picteti1 Koby 1897 stony coral
Eugyra lanckoronensis Morycowa 1964 stony coral
Stromatoporoidea
  -
Tosastroma magna n. sp.2 stromatoporoid sponge
Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Milleporellidae
Dehornella aff. harrarensis2 Wells 1943 demosponge
"Steineria cf. romanica" = Steinerina2 demosponge
 Agelasida - Actinostromariidae
  - Burgundiidae
Burgundia wetzeli2 demosponge