Reefal facies, Burdigalian, Manosque, Alpes de Haute-Provence: Burdigalian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus michelini
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea digitalina (Eichwald 1830)
recombined as Cubitostrea digitalina
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon sp. Lightfoot 1786
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Gigantopecten holgeri
Gigantopecten zizinae
Pecten pseudobeudanti Deperet and Roman 1902
Pecten subbenedictus Fontannes 1878
recombined as Philippia (Oppenheimopecten) subbenedictus
Chlamys ex gr. radians (Nyst and Westendorp 1839)
recombined as Aequipecten radians
Hinnites defrancei
3 specimens
Chlamys praescabriuscula
Chlamys palmata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium hians Spengler 1799
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista lilacinoides
Pitaria islandicoides
Callistotapes vetulus
spelled with current rank as Paphia (Callistotapes)
Dosinia orbicularis (Agassiz 1845)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella pyrula
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Celleporidae
Cellepora sp. Linnaeus 1767
Echinoidea - Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
Echinolampas scutiformis
Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Echinidae
Psammechinus sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:France County:Alpes de Haute-Provence
Coordinates: 43.8° North, 5.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.0° North, 4.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Burdigalian
Age range of interval:20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "reef rocks"
Secondary lithology: lithified sandy "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:variable
Articulated whole bodies:some
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:difficult macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:59265
Authorizer:L. Villier Enterer:L. Villier
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-03-22 05:38:52 Last modified:2006-03-22 07:38:52
Access level:the public Released:2006-03-22 05:38:50
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
16944.1% 13940D. Mongin. 1977. Etude paléontologique de Pecten subbenedictus Font. et ses variations dans le Burdigalien de Manosque (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence). Géologie Alpine 53(1):61-73 [L. Villier/L. Villier]