Livernant (Cretaceous of France)

Where: Poitou-Charentes, France (45.5° N, 0.2° E: paleocoordinates 36.2° N, 2.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• marly limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Alloiteau. 1952. Sur le genre Diploctenium Goldf. dans le Cretace superieur Francais [About the genus Diploctenium Goldf. in the Upper Cretaceous of France]. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 2:537-573 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87397: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.03.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Cardiaster anachytes
 Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Hemiaster breviusculus
 Spatangoida - Micrasteridae
Micraster laxoporus, Micraster glyphus
Micraster laxoporus heart urchin
Micraster glyphus Schluter 1869 heart urchin
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
"Rhynchonella globata" = Cyclothyris globata
"Rhynchonella globata" = Cyclothyris globata Arnaud 1877
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites anceps
Baculites anceps Lamarck 1822 ammonite
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Diploctenium crassicostatum n. sp., Diploctenium arnaudi n. sp., Diploctenium enigma n. sp.
Diploctenium crassicostatum n. sp. Alloiteau 1952 stony coral
Diploctenium arnaudi n. sp. Alloiteau 1952 stony coral
Diploctenium enigma n. sp. Alloiteau 1952 stony coral