Uchaux (Cretaceous of France)

Where: Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France (44.2° N, 4.8° E: paleocoordinates 34.0° N, 5.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Romaniceras deverianum ammonoid zone, Late/Upper Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• Lower Upper Turonian given Devalque et al. (1982) and Voight & Wiese (2000).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

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 87462: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.03.2009, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Bernaya depereti" = Bernaya (Bernaya) depereti2
"Bernaya depereti" = Bernaya (Bernaya) depereti2 Roman and Mazeran 1920 cowry
Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Plagioptychidae
Plagioptychus sp.1 Matheron 1842 rudist
 Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Clausastrea lamellostriata1 Michelin 1841 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Diploctenium uxacalcensis n. sp. Alloiteau 1952 stony coral