Albas interreef channel, Corbieres (Eocene of France)

Also known as Reef 956

Where: France (42.9° N, 2.7° E: paleocoordinates 38.2° N, 0.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• Illerdian (Early Ypresian)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified packstone

• sand tempestites presumed to be generated by storm outflow currents

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J.-C. Plaziat and C. Perrin. 1992. Multikilometer-sized reefs built by foraminifera (Solenomeris) from the early Eocene of the Pyrenean domain (S. France, N.Spain): Palaeoecologic relations with coral reefs. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 96:195-231 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 95871: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 04.05.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Operculina sp., Nummulites sp.
Nummulites sp. Lamarck 1801
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Miliolidae indet.
Miliolidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839
 Miliolida - Alveolinidae
Alveolina sp.
 Miliolida - Soritidae
Opertorbitolites sp.
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae
Pattalophyllia sp.
Pattalophyllia sp. d'Achiardi 1867 stony coral