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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Diploctenium cordatum Goldfuss 1827 stony coral
Diploctenium subcirculare Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral |