La Teoulere reef, Peyrehorade, Landes (Oligocene of France)

Also known as Reef 1984

Where: France (43.6° N, 1.1° W: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 3.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. Cahuzac and C. Chaix. 1994. La faune de coraux de l'Oligocene superieur de La Teoulere (Peyrehorade, Landes) [The Upper Oligocene coral fauna from La Teoulere (Peyrehorade, Landes)]. Bulletin de la Societe de Borda 119(436):463-483 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 70067: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.03.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia -
Clonosmilia tournoueri Matheron 1963 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral
Stylophora rugosa d'Archiac 1848 stony coral
Seriatopora regulata Chevalier 1961 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora pachymorpha Chevalier 1956 stony coral
Acropora haidingeri Reuss 1864 stony coral
Alveopora elegans stony coral
Astreopora densata Chevalier 1961 stony coral
Astreopora cf. auvertiaca Michelin 1844 stony coral
Astreopora subcylindrica Matheron 1961 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora raulini stony coral
"Goniopora tampaensis" = Goniopora hilli Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Porites collegniana Michelin 1842 stony coral
subspecies collegniana
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pavona (Polyastra) matheroni Chevalier 1961 stony coral
Pavona (Pavona) panamensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Agaricia okeni stony coral
 Scleractinia -
Miophora peyrerensis Chevalier 1963 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum sp. Lesson 1831 stony coral
Flabellum avicula Michelotti 1838 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Trachyphylliidae
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Nerthastraea sp. Chevalier 1961 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Rhizangia brevissima Deshayes 1834 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Eusmilia aff. fastigiata Pallas 1766 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Heliastrea (Aquitanastraea) incrustans" = Aquitanastraea incrustans, Caulastraea tournoueri, Favites neglecta, "Astroria peyrerensis" = Platygyra, Antiguastrea alveolaris
"Heliastrea (Aquitanastraea) incrustans" = Aquitanastraea incrustans Osasco 1897 stony coral
Caulastraea tournoueri Matheron 1961 stony coral
Favites neglecta Michelotti 1868 stony coral
subspecies neglecta
"Astroria peyrerensis" = Platygyra stony coral
Antiguastrea alveolaris Catullo 1856 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Lithophyllia michelotti Michelin 1841 stony coral
Leptomussa variabilis d'Achiardi 1867 stony coral
Colpophyllia multisepta Chevalier 1961 stony coral
Mussismilia sp. Ortmann 1890 stony coral
Syzygophyllia grandis Chevalier 1961 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Turbinaria cyathiformis de Blainville 1830 stony coral
subspecies cyathiformis
Dendrophyllia cornigera Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Reussopsammia sp. Wells 1937 stony coral