Peyrehorade locality (Miocene of France)

Where: France (43.6° N, 1.1° W: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 3.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)

• Lower Aquitanian

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; gray marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J.-P. Chevalier. 1963. Les madréporaires de l'Aquitanien inférieur de Peyrère près de Peyrehorade (Landes). Annales de l'Association Régionale pour l'Etude et la Recherche Scientifique 1:3-16 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 161396: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 05.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia -
Psammocyathus pyrenaicum Chevalier 1963 stony coral
Diplothecangia minima Chevalier 1963 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
"Astraeopora subcylindrica" = Astreopora stony coral
Astreopora microcalix n. sp. Chevalier 1963 stony coral
Alveopora matheroni n. sp. stony coral
Alveopora intricata stony coral
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora cf. lavandulina Michelin 1840 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora sp., "Stylophora regulata" = Seriatopora regulata
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral
"Stylophora regulata" = Seriatopora regulata Chevalier 1961 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastraea ? pyrenaica Chevalier 1962 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Madracis pulchella stony coral
Madracis decaphylla stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites (cf. Collegiana) sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Goniopora granosa Matheron 1961 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pavona matheroni Chevalier 1961 stony coral
Agaricia okeni stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
"Agaricia granulata" = Actinaraea granulata
"Agaricia granulata" = Actinaraea granulata Münster 1829 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae
"Heliastraea sp." = Heliastrea
"Heliastraea sp." = Heliastrea Milne Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Syzygophyllia ? sp. Reuss 1860 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Favites neglecta Michelotti 1868 stony coral
"Aphrastrea sp." = Favites Link 1807 stony coral
Tarbellastraea ellisiana Defrance 1826 stony coral
Caulastraea tournoueri Matheron 1961 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Defrancia peyrerensis n. sp. stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Cyathoceras minimaxis n. sp. stony coral
 Scleractinia -
Anomopora ramosa Chevalier 1958 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Turbinaria sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Turbinaria cyathiformis de Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia -
Clonosmilia tournoueri Matheron 1963 stony coral
Miophora peyrerensis n. sp. Chevalier 1963 stony coral