Perigord Noir, rudist biostrome (Cretaceous of France)

Also known as Reef 3613

Where: France (44.9° N, 0.9° E: paleocoordinates 34.7° N, 2.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gour-de-l'Arche Formation, Late/Upper Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• uppermost Turonian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• rudist biostrome

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. P. Platel. 1998. The Turonian rudist-bearing carbonate platforms of the Charentes and Perigord areas, Aquitaine Basin (France). Geobios, Memoire special 22:295-311 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74227: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 31.07.2007

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
Hippurites requieni rudist
var. subpolygonia
 Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Durania cornupastoris Des Moulins 1826 rudist