N-W French atlantic basins: Langhian - Serravallian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Sphenotrochus intermedius
2 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Paracyathus turonensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Paracyathus incrustans Zuffardi-Comerci 1932
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae
Heliastraea (Heliastraea) saucatsensis
original and current combination Heliastrea
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Cladocora multicaulis (Michelin 1842)
Tarbellastraea ellisiana (Defrance 1826)
spp. manthelanensis
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Cryptangia woodi
spp. woodi, spp. michelini
Cryptangia reptans Chevalier 1961
Oulangia gracilis (Zuffardi-Comerci 1932)
Phyllangia ? conferta
Culicia parasitica (Michelin 1847)
2 specimens
recombined as Culicia parasita
Astrangia manthelanensis Chevalier 1961
Cladangia aquitaniensis Chevalier 1961
Cladangia crassoramosa (Michelin 1847)
Cladangia semispherica (Defrance 1826)
spp. semispherica, spp. tubiformis
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Acanthastraea turonensis
original and current combination Acanthastrea
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Dendrophyllia alternaticosta
Dendrophyllia taurinensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Dendrophyllia cornigera (Lamarck 1816)
Dendrophyllia digitalis Felix 1920
Dendrophyllia amica (Michelotti 1838)
Turbinaria cyathiformis (de Blainville 1830)
spp. turonensis
Balanophyllia angusticalix
Balanophyllia italica (Michelin 1841)
2 specimens
Balanophyllia concinna Reuss 1871
Balanophyllia varians Reuss 1854
Paleoastroides michelini
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Platycoenia turonensis
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora exarata (Michelotti 1838)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites turonensis
Porites maigensis Kühn 1925
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea bertrandiana (Michelin 1847)
Siderastrea miocenica Osasco 1896
spp. italica, spp. regularis, spp. miocenica
see common names

Geography
Country:France
Coordinates: 47.4° North, 1.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.6° North, 3.2° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Langhian - Serravallian
Age range of interval:15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
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:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:163846
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2014-11-18 03:38:56 Last modified:2014-11-18 04:07:56
Access level:authorizer only Released:2015-02-18 03:38:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

53435. B. Cahuzac and C. Chaix. 1993. Les faunes de coraux (Anthozoaires Scléractiniaires) de la façade atlantique française au Chattien et au Miocène. Ciências da Terra (12)57-69 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]