Doue-la-Fontaine, Loire Basin, Maine-et-Loire: Tortonian, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Cladocora multicaulis
(Michelin 1842)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Rhizangiidae
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Cladangia crassoramosa
(Michelin 1847)
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Cladangia aquitaniensis
Chevalier 1961
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Cladangia semispherica
(Defrance 1826)
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Cryptangia reptans
Chevalier 1961
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Culicia parasitica
(Michelin 1847)
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| recombined as Culicia parasita | ||||||||||
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Astrangia manthelanensis
Chevalier 1961
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Turbinoliidae
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Sphenotrochus intermedius
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dendrophylliidae
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Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) varians
Reuss 1854
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Dendrophyllia amica
(Michelotti 1838)
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Dendrophyllia longaeva
Sismonda 1871
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Dendrophyllia taurinensis
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Dendrophyllia cornigera
(Lamarck 1816)
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Geography
| Country: | France |
| Coordinates: | 47.2° North, 0.3° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.4° North, 1.2° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tortonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: shelly sands and mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments, very rich in bryozoans | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 70512 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-03-27 01:09:45 | Last modified: | 2007-03-27 04:09:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-03-27 01:09:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 23525. | B. Cahuzac and C. Chaix. 1996. Structural and faunal evolution of Chattian-Miocene reefs and corals in western France and the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. SEPM Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology 5:105-127 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |