Gamachot near Villandraut, Bazadais, Gironde: Aquitanian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites maigensis Kühn 1925
see common names

Geography
Country:France
Coordinates: 44.5° North, 0.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.7° North, 2.9° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Aquitanian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Aquitanian
Age range of interval: 23.04 - 20.45 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified marl
Lithology description: coral carpet, up to 1m thick, on soft muddy substrate in a calm environment
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 1986
Database number:70074
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-03-16 07:21:14 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2007-03-16 07:21:14
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:

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]