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

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Taxonomic list

Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
"Ethelia alba" = Polystrata alba
"Ethelia alba" = Polystrata alba Pfender 1936
Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Caprinidae
Caprina adversa d'Orbigny 1850 rudist
 Hippuritida - Ichthyosarcolitidae
"Ichthyosarcolites sp." = Icthyosarcolites
"Ichthyosarcolites sp." = Icthyosarcolites Desmarest 1817 rudist
 Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Durania sp. Douvillé 1908 rudist
Sphaerulites foliaceus Lamarck 1819 rudist
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Actinostromariidae
Actinostromaria sp. Haug 1909 demosponge
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolenidae indet. Koby 1890 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Dimorphastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
"Pachycoenia sp." = Heterocoenia
"Pachycoenia sp." = Heterocoenia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
Clausastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral