Abesse, Saint-Paul-les-Dax (Oligocene of France)

Where: Aquitaine, France (43.8° N, 1.1° W: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 3.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: P22 foram zone, Falun d'Escornebeou et Sainte Paul-les-Dax Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• P22, NP25 and SBZ23 zones (Cahuzac et al., 1995; Cahuzac& Poignant, 1988, 1997), Sr age 23.4 Ma with ‘GTS 2004’ (24.6 Ma in Cahuzac et al., 1997). Reefal littoral facies. Should be Falun d'Escornebeou et St.Paul-les-Dax

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• perireefal facies with corals and molluscs; Chattian, faluns and grey shelly sands.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: C. Chaix and B. Cahuzac. 2005. Le genre Culicia (Scleractiniaire): systematique, ecologie et biogeographie au Cenozoique [The genus Culicia (Scleractinia): systematics, ecology and biogeography in the Cenozoic]. Eclogae Geologica Helvetiae 98:169-187 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88795: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.04.2009, edited by Marko Manojlovic, Mihaela Krause and Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Novocrania anomala1 Muller 1776
dorsal valves
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
Argyrotheca bitnerae1 Dulai 2011
8 specimens and 6 dorsal valves
Megathiris detruncata1 Gmelin 1791
12 specimens, 72 ventral and 101 dorsal valves
Joania cordata1 Risso 1826
7 specimens, 4 ventral and 2 dorsal valves
 Thecideida - Thecideidae
Lacazella mediterranea1 Risso 1826
97 specimens, 104 ventral and 47 dorsal valves
Gastropoda
 Cavolinioidea - Cuvierinidae
 Thecosomata - Cavoliniidae
Creseis spina2 Reuss 1867 snail
 Thecosomata - Limacinidae
Heliconoides hospes2 Rolle 1861 snail
 Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
Amalda (Alocospira) abessensis n. sp.4 Lozouet 1992 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Plaziatia amandula n. sp.3 Dolin and Lozouet 2004 cowry
"Plaziatia abessensis n. sp." = Zonarina abbessensis3 Dolin and Lozouet 2004 cowry
Prozonarina barcamorpha3 Dolin and Lozouet 2004 cowry
Luria (Tessellata) chattica3 Dolin and Lozouet 2004 cowry
Subepona herrerensis3 Dolin and Lozouet 2004 cowry
Ransonia tarbelliana n. sp.3 Dolin and Lozouet 2004 cowry
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora anglica5 Duncan 1866 stony coral
Acropora wilsonae5 Wallace 2008 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Culicia parasita Michelin 1847 stony coral
Foraminifera
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 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
 Orbitoidacea - Lepidocyclinidae