Martignas-sur-Jalle: Serravallian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Culicia parasita (Michelin 1847)
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae
Celleporaria palmata (Michelin 1847)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Aequipecten girondicus
Manupecten fasciculata
Gigantopecten gallicus
Crassadoma multistriata (Poli 1795)
Flabellipecten solarium
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Aquitaine County:Gironde
Coordinates: 44.8° North, 0.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.0° North, 2.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Serravallian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Serravallian
Age range of interval: 13.82 - 11.63 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified marl
Lithology description: limestone and sandy-calcareous marls, rich in bryozoans
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
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
Metadata
Database number:88798
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-04-21 02:05:43 Last modified:2009-04-21 05:05:43
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
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]