La Cadiere d'Azur, rudist buildups, Provence: Santonian, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
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Archaeolithothamnium sp.
Rothpletz 1891
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Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
- Peyssonneliaceae
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Ethelia sp.
Weber-van Bosse 1921
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Lituolida
- Lituolidae
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Placopsilininae indet.
Rhumbler 1913
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Cyanophyceae
- Garwoodiaceae
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Bacinella irregularis
Radoicic 1959
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unclassified
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Lithocodium aggregatum
Elliott 1956
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Bivalvia
- Hippuritida
- Hippuritidae
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Vaccinites sp.
Fischer 1887
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Hippuritella sp.
Douvillé 1908
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Hippurites sp.
Lamarck 1801
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Bivalvia
- Hippuritida
- Plagioptychidae
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Plagioptychus sp.
Matheron 1842
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Bivalvia
- Hippuritida
- Radiolitidae
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Biradiolites sp.
d'Orbigny 1850
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Radiolites sp.
Lamarck 1801
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Bournonia sp.
Fischer 1887
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Praeradiolites sp.
Douvillé 1902
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Meandrinidae
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Phyllosmilia sp.
Fromentel 1862
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Columastreidae
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Columnastraea sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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Philip 1980 | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Cunnolitidae
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Cunnolites sp.
Gagnebin 1772
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Philip 1980 | ||||||
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Demospongiae
- Chaetetida
- Chaetetidae
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Chaetetidae indet.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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Demospongiae
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Blastochaetetes sp.
Dietrich 1919
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Stromatoporoidea
- Stromatoporoidea
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Stromatoporoidea indet.
Nicholson and Murie 1878
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Geography
| Country: | France |
| Coordinates: | 43.2° North, 5.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.2° North, 7.0° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Santonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Santonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 86.30000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | La Cadiere d'Azur | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: units B2 and B3 of the formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified bafflestone |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
| Geology comments: peri-deltaic environment | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 1955 | ||
| Database number: | 67011 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate,micropaleontology |
| Created: | 2006-11-02 05:39:51 | Last modified: | 2006-11-02 07:54:58 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-11-02 05:39:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 19103. | D. Grosheny and J. Philip. 1989. Dynamique biosedimentaire de bancs a rudistes dans un environnement perideltaique: la formation de La Cadiere d'Azur (Santonien, SE France) [Biosedimentary dynamics of rudist reefs in a perideltaic environment: La Cadiere d'Azur Formation (Santonian, SE France)]. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 8(6):1253-1269 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |
Secondary references:
| 24914 | J. Philip. 1980. Cretace superieur de Provence [Upper Cretaceous of Provence, France]. Geobios, Memoire special 4:99-109 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |