Where: Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France (43.7° N, 7.3° E: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 7.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• "marine deposit B", 238-225 ka (ESR and U/Th age)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: H. Zibrowius. 1995. The "southern" Astroides calycularis in the Pleistocene of the northern Mediterranean - an indicator of climatic changes (Cnidaria, Scleractinia). Geobios 28(1):9-16 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 84938: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.11.2008, edited by Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Malpolon monspessulanus, Natrix sp., "Elaphe cf. scalaris" = Rhinechis scalaris, Elaphe cf. longissima, Coronella cf. girondica, Coronella cf. austriaca, Coluber sp.
Malpolon monspessulanus Hermann 1804 Montpellier snake
Natrix sp. Laurenti 1768 water snake
"Elaphe cf. scalaris" = Rhinechis scalaris Schinz 1822 ladder snake
Elaphe cf. longissima Laurenti 1768 colubrid snake
Coronella cf. girondica Daudin 1803 southern smooth snake
Coronella cf. austriaca Laurenti 1768 smooth snake
Coluber sp. Linnaeus 1758 racer | |
Vipera cf. ursinii pit viper
Vipera sp. Laurenti 1768 pit viper
"Vipera cf. aspis" = Vipera (Vipera) aspis Linnaeus 1758 asp viper | |
Amphibia | |
Pelodytes cf. punctatus Daudin 1802 parsley frog | |
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog
Rana temporaria Linnaeus 1758 common frog | |
Bufo calamita Cope 1864 toad
Bufo bufo Linnaeus 1758 toad | |
Hyla sp. Laurenti 1768 tree frog | |
Anthozoa | |
Cladocora caespitosa Linne 1767 stony coral | |
Astroides calycularis Pallas 1766 stony coral |