Cabanes reef, Saint-Paul-les-Dax, Adour Valley, Landes (Miocene of France)

Also known as Reef 3571

Where: Aquitaine, France (43.8° N, 1.1° E: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 0.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: N4 foram zone, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• SBZ24 large foram zone. Either Falun de Saucats or Falun de Saucats equivalent. (PJW)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• small fringing reefs

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. P. Chevalier. 1961. Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale [Miocene corals and reefs from the western Mediterranean]. Memoires de la Societe geologique de France 93:1-562 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 70203: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.03.2007, edited by Mihaela Krause, Pete Wagner and Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Aturiidae
Aturia aturi8 Basterot 1825 nautiloid
Gastropoda
 Cavolinioidea - Cuvierinidae
Cuvierinidae "sp. 2"1 Gray 1840 snail
Ireneia nieulandei1 Janssen 1995 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Lyncina eristicos n. sp.3, "Cypraea subovum n. sp." = Chelycypraea (Miolyncina) subovum4, Loxacypraea plumbea n. sp.2, "Cypraea lyncoides" = Jousseaumea sublyncoides5, Zonarina aturensis n. sp.3, Zonarina maynotensis n. sp.3
Lyncina eristicos n. sp.3 Dolin and Lozouet 2004 cowry
"Cypraea subovum n. sp." = Chelycypraea (Miolyncina) subovum4 d'Orbigny 1852 cowry
Loxacypraea plumbea n. sp.2 Dolin 2015 cowry
"Cypraea lyncoides" = Jousseaumea sublyncoides5 d'Orbigny 1852 cowry
Zonarina aturensis n. sp.3 Dolin and Lozouet 2004 cowry
Zonarina maynotensis n. sp.3 Dolin and Lozouet 2004 cowry
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella grateloupi6 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
Amalda obsoleta6 Brocchi 1814 snail
 Thecosomata - Limacinidae
Limacina valvatina1 Reuss 1867 snail
Heliconoides ? inflata1 Orbigny 1836 snail
Heliconoides linneensis1 Janssen 2008 snail
Heliconoides mermuysi1 Cahuzac and Janssen 2010 snail
Heliconoides tertiaria1 Cahuzac and Janssen 2010 snail
 Thecosomata - Cavoliniidae
Vaginella depressa1 Daudin 1800 snail
Cuvierina ? paronai1 Checchia-Rispoli 1921 snail
Styliola subula1 Quoy and Gaimard 1827 snail
 Gymnosomata -
Gymnosomata sp.1 Blainville 1824 sea angel
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae
Athecastraea vesiculosa Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral
Heliastrea nerthensis Chevalier 1961 stony coral
Heliastrea saucatsensis Chevalier 1954 stony coral
Heliastrea delicata Osasco 1897 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea cf. aquitaniensis Chevalier 1961 stony coral
Tarbellastraea ellisiana Defrance 1826 stony coral
Aquitanastraea pachyformis Chevalier 1954 stony coral
Aquitanastraea pruvosti Chevalier 1954 stony coral
Aquitanastraea piveteaui Chevalier 1954 stony coral
"Ellasmoastraea multilateralis" = Favites stony coral
Favites neugeboreni Reuss 1871 stony coral
var. burdigalensis
Favites cf. neglecta Michelotti 1868 stony coral
Caulastrea matheroni Chevalier 1961 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Cladangia aquitaniensis n. sp. Chevalier 1961 stony coral
Astrangia vasconiensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
"Palaeoplesiastraea desmoulinsi" = Solenastrea desmoulinsi, Defrancia irregularis
"Palaeoplesiastraea desmoulinsi" = Solenastrea desmoulinsi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Defrancia irregularis Defrance 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Syzygophyllia elongata Sismonda 1871 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea cf. miocenica Osasco 1896 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora girundiensis stony coral
subspecies secunda
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Goniopora globulosa n. sp. Chevalier 1961 stony coral
Goniopora daxitertia Bernard 1903 stony coral
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Porites maigensis Kühn 1925 stony coral
Porites collegniana Michelin 1842 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
? Platycoenia tarbellensis n. sp. Chevalier 1961 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Alveopora daxensis n. sp. Chevalier 1961 stony coral
Acropora lavandulina Michelin 1840 stony coral
Acropora exarata Michelotti 1838 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora raristella Defrance 1826 stony coral
Pocillopora madreporacea Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Heliastreopsis dallagoi" = Montastraea, "Heliastreopsis alloiteaui" = Montastraea
"Heliastreopsis dallagoi" = Montastraea stony coral
"Heliastreopsis alloiteaui" = Montastraea stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Turbinaria cyathiformis de Blainville 1830 stony coral
Turbinaria grandis n. sp. Chevalier 1961 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
"Thegioastraea miocenica" = Diploastrea miocenica, "Thegioastraea diversiformis" = Diploastrea diversiformis, "Thegioastraea multisepta" = Diploastrea multisepta, "Thegioastraea cf. rosacea" = Diploastrea rosacea
"Thegioastraea miocenica" = Diploastrea miocenica Michelotti 1871 stony coral
"Thegioastraea diversiformis" = Diploastrea diversiformis Michelin 1842 stony coral
"Thegioastraea multisepta" = Diploastrea multisepta Sismonda 1871 stony coral
"Thegioastraea cf. rosacea" = Diploastrea rosacea Zuffardi-Comerci 1932 stony coral