Saint-Sordolin: Late/Upper Campanian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Clausastrea arnaudi n. sp. Alloiteau 1960
Echinoidea - Phymosomatidae
Phymosoma girumnense
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Hemiaster nasutulus
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Ostrea matheroniana Orbigny 1848
synonym of Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) pliciferum
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Sphaerulites coquandi
Sphaerulites hoeninghausi
Radiolites royanus
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Poitou-Charentes County:Charente-Maritime
Coordinates: 45.6° North, 1.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.6° North, 0.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Late/Upper Campanian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:87796
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-03-25 01:05:51 Last modified:2009-03-25 03:05:51
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
29512. J. Alloiteau. 1960. Sur le genre Clausastrea [About the genus Clausastrea]. Annales de Paleontologie 46:1-46 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]