Figuieres (Cretaceous of France)

Where: Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France (43.3° N, 5.2° E: paleocoordinates 33.3° N, 6.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Figuieres Formation, Late/Upper Santonian (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: H. Löser. 2008. Remarks on the genus Hexasmilia (Scleractinia, Cretaceous) and description of a new species from the Aptian of Spain. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 250(1):45-52 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84709: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.11.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Clausastrea plana2 de Fromentel 1877 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
"Diploctenium cf. pavoninum" = Diploctenium ferrumequinum1 Reuss 1854 stony coral
Diploctenium lunatum1 Bruguiere 1792 stony coral
Diploctenium matheroni1 Michelin 1847 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Hexasmilia ferryi de Fromentel 1870 stony coral