Also known as Reef 543
Where: France (43.5° N, 6.5° E: paleocoordinates 9.3° N, 18.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)
• Upper Ladinian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified packstone and lithified grainstone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: C. Brocard and J. Philip. 1989. Les bioconstructions a Placunopsis ostracina v. Schlotheim dans le Ladinien superieur de Provence (SE de la France) [Placunopsis ostracina buildups in the Upper Ladinian of Provence (SE France)]. Bulletin de la Societe geologique de France, 8. serie 5(6):1201-1206 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 67672: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.12.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Hormogoneae | |
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878 | |
Bivalvia | |
Placunopsis ostracina Schlotheim 1820 scallop | |
Foraminifera | |