Merignac, Bordeaux, Gironde: Aquitanian - Burdigalian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cavoliniidae
Vaginella depressa Daudin 1800
Cahuzac and Janssen 2010
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Limacinidae
Heliconoides inflata (Orbigny 1836)
Cahuzac and Janssen 2010
recombined as Limacina trochiformis
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Lyncina magnifica n. sp. Dolin and Lozouet 2004
Dolin and Lozouet 2004
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
Thegioastraea miocenica (Michelotti 1871)
recombined as Diploastrea miocenica
Thegioastraea diversiformis (Michelin 1842)
recombined as Diploastrea diversiformis
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora cf. raristella (Defrance 1826)
Pocillopora madreporacea (Lamarck 1816)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora exarata (Michelotti 1838)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea italica (Defrance 1826)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites collegniana Michelin 1842
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Rhizangia cf. martini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Hexastraea fromenteli
synonym of Septastrea
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Caulastrea matheroni Chevalier 1961
Favites mimbastensis Chevalier 1961
Favites neugeboreni (Reuss 1871)
var. burdigalensis
Favites neglecta (Michelotti 1868)
Ellasmoastraea multilateralis
synonym of Favites
Tarbellastraea ellisiana (Defrance 1826)
Tarbellastraea carryensis (d'Orbigny 1852)
Budd et al. 1996
Tarbellastraea raulini (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
Tarbellastraea reussiana (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
var. echinulata
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae
Heliastrea saucatsensis Chevalier 1954
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Turbinaria cyathiformis (de Blainville 1830)
see common names

Geography
Country:France
Coordinates: 44.8° North, 0.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.8° North, 2.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Aquitanian - Burdigalian
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 15.98000 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, P. Wagner, M. Krause
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-03-20 06:26:34 Last modified:2007-07-16 07:36:47
Access level:the public Released:2007-03-20 06:26:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
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]