Castelsec, Montagne Noire, France: Brigantian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
"Bevocastria" indet. Garwood 1931
common category
informal Spongiostromata indet.
common category
Windsoporella sp.
rare category
Claracrusta sp.
Magnitella praecursor
Janichewskina sp.
Nodosariata - Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Cribrospira panderi
unclassified
Mikhailovella cf. gracilis
Lituotubella magna
Earlandiidae
Earlandia vulgaris
Bradyinidae
Bradyina rotula
Endothyridae
Omphalotis minima
Globoendothyra ex gr. globulus
Endothyra spira
Eostaffellidae
Eostaffella mosquensis Vissarionova 1948
Mediocris mediocris (Vissarionova 1948)
Palaeotextulariidae
Climacammina sp. Brady 1873
Archaediscidae
Archaediscus convexus
unclassified
Koskinotextularia ex gr. bradyi
? Orthriosiphonoides sp. Petryk 1972
rare category
Rhodophyceae
Ungdarella conservata
Rhodophyceae - Calcifoliida - Fasciellidae
Praedonezella aff. carbonica
Rhodophyceae - Aoujgaliaceae
Roquesselsia radians
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales
Koninckopora inflata de Koninck 1842
rare category
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Diploporaceae
Eovelebitella occitanica
common category
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Anatolipora carbonica Konishi 1956
rare category
Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Udoteaceae
Saccamminopsis sp.
very rare category
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Kiziliidae
Kizilia cf. concaritabulata
3 specimens
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
Dibunophyllum castelsecensis n. sp.
5 specimens
Clisiophyllum garwoodi
2 specimens
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Siphonodendron cf. irregulare (Phillips 1836)
2 specimens
Lithostrotion decipiens (McCoy 1849)
6 specimens
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Axophyllidae
Axophyllum nanum
1 specimen
Axophyllum cf. expansum
6 specimens
Axophyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:France
Coordinates: 43.5° North, 3.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:13.1° South, 12.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Middle Mississippian
Stage:Visean 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 3
Key time interval:Brigantian
Age range of interval:336.00000 - 326.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Roque Redonde
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "reef rocks"
Secondary lithology: lithified wackestone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: 1.5 m thick coral patch-reef overlain by bioclastic wackestones
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Bioerosion:none
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some microfossils
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3245
Database number:34565
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-09-10 03:00:17 Last modified:2003-09-10 06:00:17
Access level:the public Released:2003-09-10 03:00:17
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

9124. M. Aretz. 2002. Rugose corals and associated carbonate microfossils from the Brigantian (Mississippian) of Catelsec (Montagne Noire, southern France). GĂ©obios 35:187-200 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/J. Alroy]