Le Bois, Escornebeou, Landes, France: Chattian, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Mussidae
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Lithophyllia detrita
(Michelin 1842)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Heliastraeidae
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Heliastrea (Athecastraea) vesiculosa
(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
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Heliastraea (Athecastraea) vesiculosa | ||||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Rhizangiidae
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Astrangia manthelanensis
Chevalier 1961
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Cladangia semispherica
(Defrance 1826)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Favites detecta
(Michelotti 1871)
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Antiguastrea alveolaris
(Catullo 1856)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dendrophylliidae
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Balanophyllia sp.
Wood 1844
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Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) cylindrica
(Michelotti 1838)
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Dendrophyllia sp.
Blainville 1830
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Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) guidottii
Simonelli 1897
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recombined as Dendrophyllia guidottii | ||||||||||
Turbinaria cyathiformis
(de Blainville 1830)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites collegniana
Michelin 1842
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Goniopora granosa
Matheron 1961
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Agariciidae
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Pavona ruvida
(Prever 1921)
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Pavona profunda
(Reuss 1868)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Astrocoeniidae
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Astrocoenia bistellata
(Catullo 1856)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Flabellidae
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Flabellum sp.
Lesson 1831
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Flabellum aff. striatum
Keferstein 1859
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) sp.
(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848)
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Ceratotrochus (Edwardsotrochus) pentaradiatus
(Chevalier 1961)
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Ceratotrochus (Edwardsotrochus) bellingherianus
(Michelin 1841)
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Ceratotrochus (Edwardsotrochus) subcristatus
(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848)
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Trochocyathus (Paratrochocyathus) michelottii
(d'Achiardi 1868)
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recombined as Trochocyathus michelottii | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | France |
Coordinates: | 43.8° North, 1.1° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 43.5° North, 3.8° West |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
*Period: | Early/Lower Tertiary | *Epoch: | Late/Upper Oligocene |
Key time interval: | Chattian | ||
Age range of interval: | 28.10000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
Lithology description: Subreefal limestone with hermatypic and ahermatypic corals | |
Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Spatial orientation: | life position |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Bioerosion: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | mechanical |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Reef 1985 | ||
Database number: | 22968 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | W. Kiessling |
Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2002-07-05 04:31:49 | Last modified: | 2003-09-16 04:53:07 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-07-05 04:31:49 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
6613. | C. Chaix and B. Cahuzac. 2001. Une faune inédite de coraux scléractiniaires dans le gisement chattien d'Escornebéou (Landes, SW France); stratigraphie, systématique et paléoécologie. Annales de Paléontologie 87(1):3-47 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |