PBDB Collection

Merignac, Bordeaux, Gironde (Miocene to of France)

Also known as Reef 3572

Where: France (44.8° N, 0.6° W: paleocoordinates 44.8° N, 2.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aquitanian to Aquitanian (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• Upper Aquitanian-Lower Burdigalian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• 2 coral levels

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. P. Chevalier. 1961. Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale [Miocene corals and reefs from the western Mediterranean]. Memoires de la Societe geologique de France 93:1-562 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 70222: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.03.2007, edited by Mihaela Krause and Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae	Lyncina magnifica n. sp.³ Lyncina magnifica n. sp.³ Dolin and Lozouet 2004 cowry
Thecosomata - Cavoliniidae	Vaginella depressa² Vaginella depressa² Daudin 1800 snail
Thecosomata - Limacinidae	Heliconoides inflata² Heliconoides inflata² Orbigny 1836 snail
Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae	Stylophora cf. raristella, Pocillopora madreporacea Stylophora cf. raristella Defrance 1826 stony coral Pocillopora madreporacea Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Scleractinia - Acroporidae	Acropora exarata Acropora exarata Michelotti 1838 stony coral
Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae	Rhizangia cf. martini, "Hexastraea fromenteli" = Septastrea Rhizangia cf. martini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral "Hexastraea fromenteli" = Septastrea stony coral
Scleractinia - Merulinidae	Caulastrea matheroni, Tarbellastraea carryensis¹, Tarbellastraea reussiana, Tarbellastraea raulini, Tarbellastraea ellisiana, Favites mimbastensis, "Ellasmoastraea multilateralis" = Favites, Favites neugeboreni, Favites neglecta Caulastrea matheroni Chevalier 1961 stony coral Tarbellastraea carryensis¹ d'Orbigny 1852 stony coral Tarbellastraea reussiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral var. echinulata Tarbellastraea raulini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral Tarbellastraea ellisiana Defrance 1826 stony coral Favites mimbastensis Chevalier 1961 stony coral "Ellasmoastraea multilateralis" = Favites stony coral Favites neugeboreni Reuss 1871 stony coral var. burdigalensis Favites neglecta Michelotti 1868 stony coral
Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae	Heliastrea saucatsensis Heliastrea saucatsensis Chevalier 1954 stony coral
Scleractinia - Poritidae	Porites collegniana Porites collegniana Michelin 1842 stony coral
Scleractinia - Siderastreidae	Siderastrea italica Siderastrea italica Defrance 1826 stony coral
Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae	"Thegioastraea diversiformis" = Diploastrea diversiformis, "Thegioastraea miocenica" = Diploastrea miocenica "Thegioastraea diversiformis" = Diploastrea diversiformis Michelin 1842 stony coral "Thegioastraea miocenica" = Diploastrea miocenica Michelotti 1871 stony coral
Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae	Turbinaria cyathiformis Turbinaria cyathiformis de Blainville 1830 stony coral

¹Budd et al. 1996; ²Cahuzac and Janssen 2010; ³Dolin and Lozouet 2004