Where: Aquitaine, France (43.6° N, 1.0° W: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 4.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified marl and lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. P. Chevalier. 1956. Les polypiers anthozoaires du Stampien de Gaas (Landes) [Stampian corals from Gaas (Landes)]. Bulletin de la Societe d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 90:375-410 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 92231: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.11.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Dendracis mammillosa, Acropora pachymorpha n. sp., "Acropora haidingeri" = Acropora haidingeri, "Acropora pseudolavandulina n. sp." = Acropora haidingeri
Dendracis mammillosa Reuss 1868 stony coral
Acropora pachymorpha n. sp. Chevalier 1956 stony coral
"Acropora haidingeri" = Acropora haidingeri Reuss 1864 stony coral
"Acropora pseudolavandulina n. sp." = Acropora haidingeri Reuss 1864 stony coral | |
Stylophora cf. distans, Stylophora ramulosa n. sp., Stylophora conferta, Stylophora gaasensis n. sp., Stylophora thirsiformis
Stylophora cf. distans Leymerie 1846 stony coral
Stylophora ramulosa n. sp. Chevalier 1956 stony coral
Stylophora conferta Reuss 1868 stony coral
Stylophora gaasensis n. sp. Chevalier 1956 stony coral
Stylophora thirsiformis Michelotti 1847 stony coral | |
"Platycoenia palmata" = Astrocoenia palmata
"Platycoenia palmata" = Astrocoenia palmata Catullo 1856 stony coral | |
Porites parisiorum, Porites oligocenica n. sp., Porites matheroni n. sp., "Dictyaraea elegans" = Goniopora elegans, Dictyaraea poritoides n. sp., Dictyaraea gaasensis n. sp., Dictyaraea garauxi n. sp.
Porites oligocenica n. sp. Chevalier 1956 stony coral
Porites matheroni n. sp. Chevalier 1956 stony coral
"Dictyaraea elegans" = Goniopora elegans Leymerie 1846 stony coral
Dictyaraea poritoides n. sp. Chevalier 1956 stony coral
Dictyaraea gaasensis n. sp. Chevalier 1956 stony coral
Dictyaraea garauxi n. sp. Chevalier 1956 stony coral | |
Cladocora gaasensis n. sp., Tarbellastraea ovalis, Tarbellastraea edwardsi n. sp., "Favites tenera" = Hydnophyllia stellata
Cladocora gaasensis n. sp. Chevalier 1956 stony coral
Tarbellastraea ovalis von Guembel 1861 stony coral
Tarbellastraea edwardsi n. sp. Chevalier 1956 stony coral
"Favites tenera" = Hydnophyllia stellata Catullo 1856 stony coral | |
Rhizangia brevissima Deshayes 1834 stony coral | |
Bathycyathus matheroni n. sp.
Bathycyathus matheroni n. sp. Chevalier 1956 stony coral | |
Parasmilia jusani n. sp.
Parasmilia jusani n. sp. Chevalier 1956 stony coral | |
"Pattalophyllia subcurvata" = Ilariosmilia subcurvata
"Pattalophyllia subcurvata" = Ilariosmilia subcurvata Reuss 1864 stony coral |