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
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"Diploctenium cf. pavoninum" = Diploctenium ferrumequinum1, Diploctenium lunatum1, Diploctenium matheroni1
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Hexasmilia ferryi de Fromentel 1870 stony coral |