Cabrières d'Aigues: Tortonian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Cladangia deydieri
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Paracyathus sp. Edwards and Haime 1848
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Dendrophyllia colonjoni
Dendrophyllia sp. Blainville 1830
Dendrophyllia taurinensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Balanophyllia varians Reuss 1854
see common names

Geography
Country:France
Coordinates: 43.8° North, 5.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.0° North, 4.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Tortonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Tortonian
Age range of interval:11.62000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Lower Tortonian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: G. Demarcq
Metadata
Database number:161607
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2014-09-08 09:37:53 Last modified:2014-09-08 09:37:53
Access level:authorizer only Released:2014-12-08 09:37:53
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

52648. J. P. Chevalier, G. Demarcq, R. Busnardo, S. Elmi, C. Mangold and G. Le Hegarat. 1964. Les Madréporaires miocènes de la vallée du Rhône. (11)7-49 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]