La Bedoule, Provence, coral-rudist reef: Cenomanian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Peyssonneliaceae
Ethelia alba (Pfender 1936)
recombined as Polystrata alba
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Sphaerulites foliaceus Lamarck 1819
Durania sp. Douvillé 1908
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Caprinidae
Caprina adversa d'Orbigny 1850
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Ichthyosarcolitidae
Ichthyosarcolites sp. Desmarest 1817
corrected as Icthyosarcolites
unclassified
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Pachycoenia sp.
synonym of Heterocoenia
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Clausastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1850
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Dimorphastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1850
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolenidae indet. Koby 1890
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Actinostromariidae
Actinostromaria sp. Haug 1909
see common names

Geography
Country:France
Coordinates: 43.3° North, 5.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.2° North, 6.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Cenomanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 5
Key time interval:Cenomanian
Age range of interval:100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 1293
Database number:74200
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-07-30 06:22:16 Last modified:2007-07-30 09:22:16
Access level:the public Released:2007-07-30 06:22:16
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

24914. J. Philip. 1980. Cretace superieur de Provence [Upper Cretaceous of Provence, France]. Geobios, Memoire special 4:99-109 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]