Grotte de la Coscia (Pleistocene of France)

Where: Corse, France (43.0° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 9.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• Tyrrhenian, 130 ka?

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithology not reported

• very shallow depth with strong water movement, rocky shores

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Zibrowius. 1995. The "southern" Astroides calycularis in the Pleistocene of the northern Mediterranean - an indicator of climatic changes (Cnidaria, Scleractinia). Geobios 28(1):9-16 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 84939: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.11.2008

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Taxonomic list

Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Spirorbis infundibulum Harris et al. 1964
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga lithophaga Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Cardiida - Lasaeidae
"Lasaea rubra" = Lasaea adansoni
"Lasaea rubra" = Lasaea adansoni Gmelin 1791 kelly clam
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Astroides calycularis Pallas 1766 stony coral