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