Mazaugues, Santonien (Cretaceous of France)

Where: France (43.3° N, 5.9° E: paleocoordinates 33.3° N, 7.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithology not reported

• bauxit

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: A. Poignant. 1968. Les Algues du toit des bauxites des environs de Mazaugues. Revue de Micropaléontologie 2(4):233-240 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 148656: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 23.07.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonella cotteaui
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Demospongiae
 Axinellida - Cladocoropsidae
Cladocoropsis mirabilis
Cladocoropsis mirabilis Felix 1907 demosponge
Florideophyceae
 Gigartinales - Rhodymeniophycidae
Agardhiellopsis sp.
Agardhiellopsis sp. Lemoine 1966
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Archaeolithothamnium rude, Archaeolithothamnium provinciale, Archaeolithothamnium lycoperdioide, Archaeolithothamnium gosaviense, Lithophyllum sp., "Ethelia alba" = Polystrata alba
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
"Ethelia alba" = Polystrata alba Pfender 1936
abundant specimens
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
"Lithothamnium cf. exigum" = Lithothamnion
"Lithothamnium cf. exigum" = Lithothamnion
Rhodophyceae
  - Gymnocodiaceae
Permocalculus sp.
Permocalculus sp. Elliott 1955
  - Solenoporaceae
Marinella lugeoni, Pycnoporidium sinuosum, Cordilites cretosus
Marinella lugeoni Pfender 1939
Pycnoporidium sinuosum Johnson and Konishi 1960
rare specimens
Cordilites cretosus
abundant specimens
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Neomeris ? pfenderae, Munieria "sp. 2", Munieria "sp. 1"
Neomeris ? pfenderae
abundant specimens
Munieria "sp. 2" Hantken 1883
Munieria "sp. 1" Hantken 1883
abundant specimens
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Boueina sp.
Boueina sp. Toula 1883
 Bryopsidales - Codiaceae
Arabicodium sp.
Arabicodium sp. Elliott 1957
Foraminifera
  -
Cyclolina sp.
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Cornuspiridae
Vidalina sp.
Foraminifera
 Textulariina - Dicyclinidae
Dicyclina sp.
 Textulariina - Cuneolinidae
Cuneolina sp.