PBDB Collection

Fessonieres-Pied Gros, Veaux, Massif du Ventoux, Provence (Cretaceous of France)

Where: France (44.2° N, 5.2° E: paleocoordinates 34.3° N, 15.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• coral unit interbedded between biocalcarenites and a rudist-rich unit

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 64081: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 31.08.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae	"Mesomorpha ornata" = Ahrdorffia ornata "Mesomorpha ornata" = Ahrdorffia ornata Morycowa 1971 stony coral
Scleractinia - Actinastreidae	Actinastrea pseudominima Actinastrea pseudominima Koby 1897 stony coral
Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae	"Meandraraea meandroides" = Meandrophyllia meandroides² "Meandraraea meandroides" = Meandrophyllia meandroides² Koby 1898 stony coral
Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae	Amphiaulastrea aliensis Amphiaulastrea aliensis Sikharulidze 1977 stony coral
Scleractinia - Microsolenidae	"Hydnoseris paragaricites n. sp." = Lophomeandra paragaricites², Hydnophoromeandraraea provencensis¹, Hydnophoromeandraraea aff. provencensis², Hydnophoromeandraraea volzi¹, Comoseris aptiensis² "Hydnoseris paragaricites n. sp." = Lophomeandra paragaricites² Morycowa and Masse 2009 stony coral Hydnophoromeandraraea provencensis¹ Masse and Morycowa 1994 stony coral Hydnophoromeandraraea aff. provencensis² Masse and Morycowa 1994 stony coral Hydnophoromeandraraea volzi¹ Morycowa 1971 stony coral Comoseris aptiensis² Baron-Szabo 2002 stony coral
Scleractinia - Latomeandridae	Ovalastrea regularis² Ovalastrea regularis² d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae	Clausastrea saltensis, Clausastrea alloiteaui Clausastrea saltensis Alloiteau 1960 stony coral Clausastrea alloiteaui Morycowa 1964 stony coral
Scleractinia - Eugyridae	"Eohydnophora picteti" = Eugyra (Felixigyra) picteti¹ "Eohydnophora picteti" = Eugyra (Felixigyra) picteti¹ Koby 1897 stony coral
Scleractinia - Stylinidae	"Stylina regularis" = Stylina digitiformis "Stylina regularis" = Stylina digitiformis Achiardi 1880 stony coral

¹Masse and Morycowa 1994; ²Morycowa and Masse 2009