Alzitone - Paldomo area (Miocene of France)

Where: Corsica, France (42.2° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 6.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• Late Burdigalian or Vindobonien

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; sandstone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: F. Orszag-Sperber and A. F. Poignant. 1972. Corallinacées du miocène de la plaine orientale corse. Revue de Micropaléontologie 15(2):115-124 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 148704: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 24.07.2013

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Taxonomic list

Florideophyceae
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Mesophyllum koritzae Lemoine 1924
Mesophyllum galettoi Mastrorilli 1967
Mesophyllum roveretoi Conti 1943
abundant specimens
"Lithothamnium undulatum" = Lithothamnion
"Palaeothamnium archaeotypum" = Lithothamnion romosissimum Reuss 1847
rare specimens
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Amphiroa ellenbergeri Orszag-Sperber and Poignant 1972
Lithophyllum johnsoni
rare specimens
Lithophyllum cf. kladosum
abundant specimens
Lithophyllum albanense Lemoine 1924
common specimens
Lithophyllum simplex Lemoine 1927
Lithophyllum capederi Lemoine 1925
rare specimens
"Lithophyllum duplex" = Titanoderma duplex Pisera and Studencki 1989
common specimens
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea reussiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel
unclassified
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Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Clypeaster sp. Lamarck 1801 sand dollar
Clypeaster reideii sand dollar
Clypeaster redeii sand dollar
 Clypeasteroida - Scutellidae