PBDB Collection

Manciet-Baudignan area, Central Aquitaine Gulf (Miocene of France)

Where: France (43.8° N, 0.1° E: paleocoordinates 44.0° N, 1.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments

• sub-reefal facies in a mixed siliciclastic-bioclastic sand

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Chaix and B. Cahuzac. 2005. Les faunes de Scleractiniaires dans les faluns du Miocene moyen d'Atlantique-Est (bassins de la Loire et d'Aquitaine): paleobiogeographie et evolution climatique [The faunas of Scleractinian corals in the faluns of the Eastern Atlantic Middle Miocene (Loire and Aquitaine Basins): paleobiogeography and climatic evolution]. Annales de Paleontologie 91:33-72 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 70312: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.03.2007, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae	Sphenotrochus intermedius Sphenotrochus intermedius stony coral
Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae	Paracyathus pedemontanus, Paracyathus turonensis Paracyathus pedemontanus stony coral subspecies alternaticosta Paracyathus turonensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae	"Thegioastraea miocenica" = Diploastrea miocenica "Thegioastraea miocenica" = Diploastrea miocenica Michelotti 1871 stony coral
Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae	Culicia parasita, Septastrea bejaensis, Cryptangia reptans, Astrangia manthelanensis, Oulangia speyeri Culicia parasita Michelin 1847 stony coral Septastrea bejaensis stony coral Cryptangia reptans Chevalier 1961 stony coral Astrangia manthelanensis Chevalier 1961 stony coral Oulangia speyeri stony coral
Scleractinia - Merulinidae	Antiguastrea sp., Cladocora granulosa, Cladocora multicaulis, Cladocora gaasensis, Cladocora prevostiana, Tarbellastraea reussiana Antiguastrea sp. Vaughan 1919 stony coral Cladocora granulosa stony coral Cladocora multicaulis Michelin 1842 stony coral Cladocora gaasensis Chevalier 1956 stony coral Cladocora prevostiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral Tarbellastraea reussiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral
Scleractinia - Mussidae	Syzygophyllia (Aquitanophyllia) grandistellae Syzygophyllia (Aquitanophyllia) grandistellae Chevalier 1961 stony coral
Scleractinia - Oculinidae	"Astrohelia vasconiensis" = Astrhelia, "Astrohelia meneghiniana" = Astrhelia, "Astrohelia deperdita" = Astrhelia, "Astrohelia aquitaniensis" = Astrhelia, "Astrohelia sp." = Astrhelia "Astrohelia vasconiensis" = Astrhelia stony coral "Astrohelia meneghiniana" = Astrhelia stony coral "Astrohelia deperdita" = Astrhelia stony coral "Astrohelia aquitaniensis" = Astrhelia stony coral "Astrohelia sp." = Astrhelia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae	Stylocoenia sp., Platycoenia turonensis Stylocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral Platycoenia turonensis stony coral
Scleractinia - Poritidae	Goniopora decaturensis, Porites mancietensis, Porites collegniana, Porites pusilla Goniopora decaturensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral Porites mancietensis Chevalier 1961 stony coral Porites collegniana Michelin 1842 stony coral Porites pusilla Felix 1884 stony coral
Scleractinia - Siderastreidae	Siderastrea felixi, Siderastrea miocenica Siderastrea felixi stony coral Siderastrea miocenica Osasco 1896 stony coral subspecies regularis
Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae	"Acanthastraea (Isophyllastraea) orbignyana" = Acanthastrea "Acanthastraea (Isophyllastraea) orbignyana" = Acanthastrea stony coral
Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae	Dendrophyllia amica, Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) concinna, Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) italica, Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) varians, Paleoastroides subirregularis Dendrophyllia amica Michelotti 1838 stony coral Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) concinna Reuss 1871 stony coral Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) italica Michelin 1841 stony coral Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) varians Reuss 1854 stony coral Paleoastroides subirregularis Osasco 1897 stony coral
Gastropoda
Sorbeoconcha - Triviidae	"Trivia michelottii" = Trivia (Trivia) michelottii "Trivia michelottii" = Trivia (Trivia) michelottii Dollfus and Dautzenberg 1886 snail