Canal EDF, Saint Chamas, Chainon de la Fare-Lancon, Provence: Early/Lower Aptian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastrea aff. pseudominima (Koby 1897)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Eugyridae
Eohydnophora ovalis Masse and Morycowa 1994
Masse and Morycowa 1994
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Mesomorpha ornata Morycowa 1971
recombined as Ahrdorffia ornata
see common names

Geography
Country:France
Coordinates: 43.6° North, 5.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.7° North, 15.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Aptian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 3
Key time interval:Early/Lower Aptian
Age range of interval:125.45000 - 122.46000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:64069
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-08-31 02:55:48 Last modified:2006-08-31 05:55:48
Access level:the public Released:2006-08-31 02:55:47
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

18494. E. Morycowa and J. P. Masse. 1998. Les scléractiniaires du Barrémien-Aptien inférieur de Provence (SE de la France) [The Barremian-Early Aptian Scleractinia from Provence (SE France)]. Géobios 31(6):725-766 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

28750 J. P. Masse and E. Morycowa. 1994. Les scleractiniaires hydnophoroides du Cretace inferieur (Barremien-Aptien inferieur) de Provence (S.E. de la France), systematique, stratigraphie et paleobiogeographie [Early Cretaceous (Barremian-Early Aptian) hydnophoroid Scleractinia from Provence (S.E. France), systematic paleontology, stratigraphy and paleobiogeography]. Geobios 27(4):433-448 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]