La Bedoule, Provence, coral-rudist reef (Cretaceous of France)
Also known as Reef 1293
Where: France (43.3° N, 5.6° E: paleocoordinates 32.2° N, 6.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. Philip. 1980. Cretace superieur de Provence [Upper Cretaceous of Provence, France]. Geobios, Memoire special 4:99-109 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 74200: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 30.07.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Florideophyceae | |
"Ethelia alba" = Polystrata alba
"Ethelia alba" = Polystrata alba Pfender 1936 | |
Bivalvia | |
Caprina adversa d'Orbigny 1850 rudist | |
"Ichthyosarcolites sp." = Icthyosarcolites
"Ichthyosarcolites sp." = Icthyosarcolites Desmarest 1817 rudist | |
Durania sp. Douvillé 1908 rudist
Sphaerulites foliaceus Lamarck 1819 rudist | |
Brachiopoda | |
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Demospongiae | |
Actinostromaria sp. Haug 1909 demosponge | |
Anthozoa | |
Microsolenidae indet. Koby 1890 stony coral | |
Dimorphastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral | |
"Pachycoenia sp." = Heterocoenia
"Pachycoenia sp." = Heterocoenia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
Clausastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral |