Pontlevoy, Loire Basin, Loir-et-Cher (Miocene of France)

Where: France (47.4° N, 1.3° E: paleocoordinates 47.6° N, 0.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• "Pontilevian"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified sandstone and lithified limestone

• coarse-grained shelly sands ("faluns") and poorly consolidated skeletal carbonates, corals occur as isolated colonies without developing reef buildups

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 70510: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.03.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Cladocora multicaulis
Cladocora multicaulis Michelin 1842 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Cladangia crassoramosa, Cladangia semispherica, Cryptangia woodii, Cryptangia reptans, "Culicia parasitica" = Culicia parasita
Cladangia crassoramosa Michelin 1847 stony coral
Cladangia semispherica Defrance 1826 stony coral
Cryptangia woodii stony coral
var. michelini
Cryptangia reptans Chevalier 1961 stony coral
"Culicia parasitica" = Culicia parasita Michelin 1847 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Paracyathus turonensis
Paracyathus turonensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea sp., Siderastrea miocenica
Siderastrea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Siderastrea miocenica Osasco 1896 stony coral
var. italica
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora turonensis
Goniopora turonensis Chevalier 1961 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora exarata
Acropora exarata Michelotti 1838 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia italica, Dendrophyllia amica
Balanophyllia italica Michelin 1841 stony coral
Dendrophyllia amica Michelotti 1838 stony coral