La Pomme, Valdonne (Cretaceous of France)

Where: Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France (43.4° N, 5.6° E: paleocoordinates 33.9° N, 6.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone and lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Alloiteau. 1952. Sur le genre Diploctenium Goldf. dans le Cretace superieur Francais [About the genus Diploctenium Goldf. in the Upper Cretaceous of France]. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 2:537-573 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87409: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.03.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Diploctenium cureti n. sp. Alloiteau 1952 stony coral
Diploctenium parvum n. sp. Alloiteau 1952 stony coral