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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Diploctenium cureti n. sp., Diploctenium parvum n. sp.
Diploctenium cureti n. sp. Alloiteau 1952 stony coral
Diploctenium parvum n. sp. Alloiteau 1952 stony coral |