Thil, L'Eau Blanche Valley, Gironde (Miocene of France)

Also known as Reef 3573

Where: France (44.7° N, 0.6° W: paleocoordinates 44.6° N, 2.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• small 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 70232: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.03.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Heliastreopsis dallagoi" = Montastraea
"Heliastreopsis dallagoi" = Montastraea stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora raristella, Pocillopora madreporacea
Stylophora raristella Defrance 1826 stony coral
Pocillopora madreporacea Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora lavandulina
Acropora lavandulina Michelin 1840 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Phyllangia thilensis n. sp., Rhizangia martini
Phyllangia thilensis n. sp. Chevalier 1961 stony coral
Rhizangia martini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea ellisiana, Favites neugeboreni, Favites neuvillei, Aquitanastraea pruvosti
Tarbellastraea ellisiana Defrance 1826 stony coral
Favites neugeboreni Reuss 1871 stony coral
var. burdigalensis
Favites neuvillei Chevalier 1961 stony coral
Aquitanastraea pruvosti Chevalier 1954 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Defrancia irregularis, "Palaeoplesiastraea desmoulinsi" = Solenastrea desmoulinsi
Defrancia irregularis Defrance 1826 stony coral
"Palaeoplesiastraea desmoulinsi" = Solenastrea desmoulinsi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae
Heliastrea saucatsensis
Heliastrea saucatsensis Chevalier 1954 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Aquitanophyllia grandistellae, Lithophyllia michelottii
Aquitanophyllia grandistellae Chevalier 1961 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites collegniana, Porites maigensis
Porites collegniana Michelin 1842 stony coral
Porites maigensis Kühn 1925 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea bertrandiana
Siderastrea bertrandiana Michelin 1847 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
"Thegioastraea multisepta" = Diploastrea multisepta
"Thegioastraea multisepta" = Diploastrea multisepta Sismonda 1871 stony coral