Maurens (Cretaceous of France)

Where: Aquitaine, France (44.9° N, 0.5° E: paleocoordinates 37.5° N, 0.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, yellow limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Alloiteau. 1952. Sur le genre Diploctenium Goldf. dans le Cretace superieur Francais [About the genus Diploctenium Goldf. in the Upper Cretaceous of France]. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 2:537-573 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87405: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.03.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Diploctenium cordatum Goldfuss 1827 stony coral
Diploctenium subcirculare Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral