Autignac, Languedoc: Middle Miocene, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Lobophylliidae
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Acanthastrea dausi
Chevalier 1961
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Aphrastrea autignacensis n. sp.
Chevalier 1961
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| recombined as Favites autignacensis | ||||||||||
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Tarbellastraea sp.
Alloiteau 1950
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Tarbellastraea cf. eggenburgensis
(Kühn 1925)
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| var. andalousiana | ||||||||||
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Tarbellastraea reussiana
(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Heliastraeidae
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Heliastrea sp.
Milne Edwards and Haime 1857
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Heliastrea mellahica
Gregory 1906
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Heliastrea grandis
Chevalier 1961
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Heliastrea oligophylla
Reuss 1871
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Heliastrea autignacensis n. sp.
Chevalier 1961
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Mussidae
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Lithophyllia gigas
Chevalier 1961
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Mussismilia vindobonensis
Chevalier 1961
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Diploastraeidae
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Thegioastraea cf. incerta
(Osasco 1897)
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| recombined as Diploastrea incerta | ||||||||||
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Thegioastraea cf. roasendai
Michelotti 1871
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| recombined as Diploastrea roasendai | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montastraeidae
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Heliastrea cf. tchihatcheffi
Chevalier 1961
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| recombined as Montastrea tchihatcheffi | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Lithophaga lithophaga
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten sp.
Müller 1776
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea crassissima
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Ostrea granensis
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | France |
| Coordinates: | 43.5° North, 3.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.7° North, 1.9° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Vindobonian (Middle Miocene-Tortonian?) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: coral biostrome, 1-10 m thick, 3 km wide | |
| 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 970 | ||
| Database number: | 70318 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-03-21 07:31:55 | Last modified: | 2007-03-22 03:50:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-03-21 07:31:55 |
| 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] |