Saint-Martin-d'Oney (Lesport collection): Aquitanian, France
collected by Lesport

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea radians (Pallas 1766)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Favites neglecta (Michelotti 1868)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Culicia parasita (Michelin 1847)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Turbinaria cyathiformis (de Blainville 1830)
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Aquitaine County:Landes
Coordinates: 43.9° North, 0.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.9° North, 2.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Aquitanian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Aquitanian
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 20.44000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Upper Aquitanian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: limestones rich in corals and molluscs
Environment:perireef or subreef
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Lesport
Metadata
Database number:88796
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-04-21 01:31:12 Last modified:2016-07-02 23:23:05
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-04-21 01:31:12
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

29773. C. Chaix and B. Cahuzac. 2005. Le genre Culicia (Scleractiniaire): systematique, ecologie et biogeographie au Cenozoique [The genus Culicia (Scleractinia): systematics, ecology and biogeography in the Cenozoic]. Eclogae Geologica Helvetiae 98:169-187 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]