L'Enfourna biostrome: Early/Lower Barremian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseriidae
Polyphylloseris icaunensis (d'Orbigny 1850)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Microphyllia gemina Eliasova 2004
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolena sp. Lamouroux 1821
Microsolena aff. agariciformis Etallon 1859
Microsolena guttata Koby 1897
Polyphylloseris distefanoi (Prever 1909)
synonym of Microsolena major
Microsolena texana Wells 1932
Comoseris sp. d'Orbigny 1849
Comoseris aff. minima Beauvais 1964
Hydnophoromeandraraea volzi Morycowa 1971
Hydnophoromeandraraea provencensis Masse and Morycowa 1994
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Coordinates: 43.6° North, 5.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.9° North, 15.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Barremian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 2
Key time interval:Early/Lower Barremian
Age range of interval:125.77000 - 121.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: biostrome with lenticular elliptical shape, interbedded within fine grained biocalcarenites and muddy, cherty packstones
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 1328
Database number:116611
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-09-09 18:37:01 Last modified:2012-07-06 02:52:03
Access level:the public Released:2011-09-09 18:37:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

37558. E. Morycowa and J. P. Masse. 2009. Lower Cretaceous Microsolenina (Scleractinia) from Provence (southern France). Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 79:97-140 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]