Canal EDF, Saint Chamas, Chainon de la Fare-Lancon, Provence (Cretaceous of France)

Also known as Reef 1328

Where: France (43.6° N, 5.0° E: paleocoordinates 33.9° N, 14.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Barremian (130.0 - 125.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• biostrome

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. P. Masse. 1980. Les constructions a cnidaires des calcaires urgoniens (Barremien) de Provence, et leur environnement [Constructions of Cnidaria from the Urgonian Limestones (Barremian) from Provence, and their environment]. Geobios, Memoire special 4:85-97 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 64068: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 31.08.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Euechinoidea - Hemicidaridae
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Stenolaemata
 Cyclostomata -
Cerioporina sp. von Hagenow 1851
 Cyclostomata - Plagioeciidae
Mesenteripora sp. de Blainville 1830
Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Requieniidae
Requieniidae indet. Douvillé 1914 rudist
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastrea pseudominima2 Koby 1897 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
"Felixigyra sp." = Eugyra (Felixigyra)
"Felixigyra sp." = Eugyra (Felixigyra) Prever 1909 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Calamophylliopsis sp. Alloiteau 1952 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Calamophylliidae
"Calamoseris sp." = Calamophyllia
"Calamoseris sp." = Calamophyllia Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolena sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
Eocomoseris raueni3 Löser 1993 stony coral
Hydnophoromeandraraea provencensis1 Masse and Morycowa 1994 stony coral
Hydnophoromeandraraea volzi1 Morycowa 1971 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
"Pentacoenia pulchella" = Cyathophora pulchella2
"Pentacoenia pulchella" = Cyathophora pulchella2 d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylina sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Heliocoenia rozkowskae2 Morycowa 1964 stony coral
Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Milleporellidae
Dehornella aff. harrarensis Wells 1943 demosponge
  -
  - Burgundiidae
Calcarea
 Calcaronea - Sphaerocoeliidae
Barroisia sp. Munier-Chalmas 1882 calcareous sponge
Pharetronida
 Pharetronida -
Pharetronida indet. Zittel 1878