Merignac, Bordeaux, Gironde: Aquitanian - Burdigalian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Rhizangia cf. martini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea carryensis (d'Orbigny 1852)
Budd et al. 1996
Tarbellastraea raulini (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
Tarbellastraea ellisiana (Defrance 1826)
Favites neglecta (Michelotti 1868)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae
Heliastrea saucatsensis Chevalier 1954
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Turbinaria cyathiformis (de Blainville 1830)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea italica (Defrance 1826)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites collegniana Michelin 1842
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
Thegioastraea miocenica (Michelotti 1871)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora exarata (Michelotti 1838)
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Cavoliniidae
Vaginella depressa Daudin 1800
Cahuzac and Janssen 2010
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Limacinidae
Heliconoides inflata (Orbigny 1836)
Cahuzac and Janssen 2010
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Dolin and Lozouet 2004
see common names

Geography
Country:France
Coordinates: 44.8° North, 0.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.4° North, 2.4° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Aquitanian - Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Aquitanian - Burdigalian
Age range of interval: 23.04 - 15.98 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Upper Aquitanian-Lower Burdigalian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: 2 coral levels
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3572
Database number:70222
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, P. Wagner Enterer:U. Merkel, M. Krause, P. Wagner
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-03-20 06:26:34 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2007-03-20 06:26:34
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
23527. J. P. Chevalier. 1961. Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale [Miocene corals and reefs from the western Mediterranean]. Memoires de la Societe geologique de France 93:1-562 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

28605 A. F. Budd, F. R. Bosellini, and T. A. Stemann. 1996. Systematics of the Oligocene to Miocene reef coral Tarbellastraea in the northern Mediterranean. Palaeontology 39(3):515-560 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]
55728 B. Cahuzac and A. W. Janssen. 2010. Eocene to Miocene holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda) of the Aquitaine Basin, southwest France. Scripta geologica 141:1-193 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]
57817 L. Dolin and P. Lozouet. 2004. Nouvelles espèces de Gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l’Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur de l’Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Partie 3. Cypraeidae et Ovulidae. Cossmanniana hors série 4:1-164 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]