Clansayes: Late Albian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Siphoniidae
Siphonia pyriformis Goldfuss 1826
recombined as Siphonia (Siphonia) pyriformis
Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Callodictyonidae
Plocoscyphia roemeri Leonhard 1897
synonym of Callicylix eocenicus
Plocoscyphia gaultina Moret 1925
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Languedoc-Rousillon
Coordinates: 44.4° North, 4.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.9° North, 7.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Albian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 4
Key time interval: Late Albian
Age range of interval: 106.2 - 100.5 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic lithified sandstone
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:112214
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-07-06 21:09:21 Last modified:2011-07-06 07:09:21
Access level:the public Released:2011-07-06 21:09:21
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
36504. L. Lagneau-Herenger. 1962. Contribution a l'etude des spongiaires siliceux du Cretace inferieur. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France 95:1-252 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]