Where: Aquitaine, France (44.8° N, 0.8° W: paleocoordinates 45.0° N, 2.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified marl
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. Chaix and B. Cahuzac. 2005. Le genre Culicia (Scleractiniaire): systematique, ecologie et biogeographie au Cenozoique [The genus Culicia (Scleractinia): systematics, ecology and biogeography in the Cenozoic]. Eclogae Geologica Helvetiae 98:169-187 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 88798: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.04.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Culicia parasita Michelin 1847 stony coral | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Celleporaria palmata Michelin 1847 | |
Bivalvia | |
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster | |
Aequipecten girondicus, Manupecten fasciculata, Gigantopecten gallicus, "Crassadoma multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata, Flabellipecten solarium
Aequipecten girondicus scallop
Manupecten fasciculata scallop
Gigantopecten gallicus scallop
"Crassadoma multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata Poli 1795 scallop
Flabellipecten solarium scallop |