Notre Dame de Beauregard, Orgon, coral biostrome (Cretaceous of France)

Also known as Reef 1965

Where: Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France (43.8° N, 5.0° E: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 14.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• coral bafflestone-bindstone, biostrome is located at the transition between bioclastics and rudist beds

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: J. P. Masse. 1980. Les constructions a cnidaires des calcaires urgoniens (Barremien) de Provence, et leur environnement [Constructions of Cnidaria from the Urgonian Limestones (Barremian) from Provence, and their environment]. Geobios, Memoire special 4:85-97 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 64072: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 31.08.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Stenolaemata
 Cyclostomata - Cerioporidae
Heteropora arborea
 Cyclostomata - Petaloporidae
Petalopora rugosa
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet., Arctostrea sp.
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster
Arctostrea sp. Pervinquiere 1910 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Lithodomus sp." = Lithophaga
"Lithodomus sp." = Lithophaga Röding 1798 mussel
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylina sp.
Stylina sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Meandraraea granulata3
Meandraraea granulata3 Fromentel 1862 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Calamophylliopsis sp., Dermosmilia sp.
Calamophylliopsis sp. Alloiteau 1952 stony coral
Dermosmilia sp. Koby 1884 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Ovalastrea sp., Fungiastraea sp.3
Ovalastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
Fungiastraea sp.3 Alloiteau 1952 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Comoseridae
Microsolena sp., Microsolena parva3, Hydnophoromeandraraea sp., Hydnophoromeandraraea volzi1, Comoseris aff. minima3
Microsolena sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
Microsolena parva3 Morycowa and Masse 2009 stony coral
Hydnophoromeandraraea sp. Morycowa 1971 stony coral
Hydnophoromeandraraea volzi1 Morycowa 1971 stony coral
Comoseris aff. minima3 Beauvais 1964 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
"Mesomorpha ornata" = Ahrdorffia ornata2
"Mesomorpha ornata" = Ahrdorffia ornata2 Morycowa 1971 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
"Actinastrea minima" = Stelidioseris minima
"Actinastrea minima" = Stelidioseris minima Fromentel 1857 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Columastreidae
Columastrea sp.
Columastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Dimorphocoenia crassisepta
Dimorphocoenia crassisepta d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
"Eohydnophora cf. crassa" = Eugyra (Felixigyra) crassa1, "Eohydnophora picteti" = Eugyra (Felixigyra) picteti1
"Eohydnophora cf. crassa" = Eugyra (Felixigyra) crassa1 Fromentel 1862 stony coral
"Eohydnophora picteti" = Eugyra (Felixigyra) picteti1 Koby 1897 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
Rhipidomeandra bugrovae2
Rhipidomeandra bugrovae2 Morycowa and Masse 1998 stony coral
1Masse and Morycowa 1994; 2Morycowa and Masse 1998; 3Morycowa and Masse 2009