ammonites
Thil, L'Eau Blanche Valley, Gironde (Miocene of France)

Also known as Reef 3573

Where: France (44.7° N, 0.6° W: paleocoordinates 44.6° N, 2.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• small reefs

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. P. Chevalier. 1961. Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale [Miocene corals and reefs from the western Mediterranean]. Memoires de la Societe geologique de France 93:1-562 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 70232: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.03.2007