Rochefort (Cretaceous of France)

Where: Poitou-Charentes, France (46.0° N, 1.2° W: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 0.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Alloiteau. 1960. Sur le genre Clausastrea [About the genus Clausastrea]. Annales de Paleontologie 46:1-46 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87797: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 25.03.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae
Catopygus carinatus
Catopygus carinatus Goldfuss 1826 sea urchin
 Calycina -
Cottaldia benettiae
Cottaldia benettiae Koenig 1825 sea urchin
Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Sphaerulites fleuriausi
 Hippuritida - Caprinulidae
Caprotina costata
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Ostrea columba" = Rhynchostreon mermeti
"Ostrea columba" = Rhynchostreon mermeti Coquand 1862 oyster
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Synastraeidae
Synastrea pinnata, Synastrea columellaris, Synastrea magna
Synastrea pinnata stony coral
Synastrea magna stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Astraeofungia decipiens, Synhelia gibbosa
Astraeofungia decipiens Michelin 1845 stony coral
Synhelia gibbosa Goldfuss 1829 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acrosmiliidae
"Carantoseris humilis" = Acrosmilia, "Carantoseris patellata" = Acrosmilia, "Leptophyllia cenomana" = Acrosmilia
"Carantoseris humilis" = Acrosmilia stony coral
"Carantoseris patellata" = Acrosmilia stony coral
"Leptophyllia cenomana" = Acrosmilia stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae
Montlivaltia elegans, Montlivaltia irregularis, "Plesiomontlivaltia cenomana" = Montlivaltia (Plesiomontlivaltia)
"Plesiomontlivaltia cenomana" = Montlivaltia (Plesiomontlivaltia) stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Stelloria culcata
Stelloria culcata stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
"Orbignycoenia carantoniana" = Cyathophora
"Orbignycoenia carantoniana" = Cyathophora stony coral
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
"Hydnophora turbinata" = Felixigyra turbinata
"Hydnophora turbinata" = Felixigyra turbinata Fromentel 1877 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
"Ellipsosmilia cornucopiae" = Trochosmilia (Ellipsosmilia), Clausastrea alnisensis n. sp., "Placosmiliopsis compressa" = Placosmilia
"Ellipsosmilia cornucopiae" = Trochosmilia (Ellipsosmilia) stony coral
Clausastrea alnisensis n. sp. Alloiteau 1960 stony coral
"Placosmiliopsis compressa" = Placosmilia stony coral
 Helioporacea -
Polytremacis bulbosus