L'Epine Reef Rubble, France: Middle Oxfordian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Polycidaridae
Paracidaris sp.
Echinoidea - Hemicidaridae
Gymnocidaris sp. Agassiz 1838
Hemicidaris sp. Agassiz 1838
spines
unclassified
Uniglobites sp.
Boring
Cunctichnus probans
Boring
Gnathichnus sp.
Trace Fossil
Echinoidea - Stomopneustoida - Stomechinidae
Phymechinus mirabilis (Agassiz 1846)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Juralina etalloni
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Vermiliopsis sp.
Polychaeta
Arachnostega gastrochaenae Bertling 1992
Trace Fossil
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Perisphinctes plicatilis (Sowerby 1817)
recombined as Perisphinctes (Liosphinctes) plicatilis
Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Neritopsidae
Neritopsis buchini
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Cossmannea suprajurensis
Nerinea elongata
Nerinea subelegans
Gastropoda - Chilodontaidae
Chilodonta clathrata
Gastropoda - Trochotomidae
Trochotoma mastoidea
Gastropoda - Cirridae
Asperilla stellata
spelled with current rank as Platyacra (Asperilla)
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Angaria bistellata
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia
Cryptoplocus depressus
Ptygmatis ornata
Gastropoda - Cryptaulacidae
Exelissa gemmelaroi
? Xystrella insculpta
synonym of Cryptaulax
Xystrella struckmanni
synonym of Cryptaulax
Gastropoda - Brachytrematidae
Brachytrema buccinoidea
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Globularia amata
Gastropoda - Procerithiidae
Rhabdocolpus humbertinum
Gastropoda - Tylostomatidae
Tylostoma ponderosum
Gastropoda - Purpurinidae
Purpuroidea moreana
Purpuroidea nodulata
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Spinigera alta
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Bourguetia saemanni
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Antiquilima aequilatera
Plagiostoma rathierana
Plagiostoma tumida
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteroperna polyodon
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Liostrea sandalina
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon elongatum
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia clytia
Barbatia subtexata
Arca autissiodorensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
Gastrochaena flora
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Pterocardiidae
Pterocardia buvignieri
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Quenstedtiidae
Quenstedtia sp. Morris 1854
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Diceratidae
Diceras arietinum
Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Ceratomyopsidae
Ceratomyopsis rupellensis
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Fimbria dyonisea
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Pressastarte substriata
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Goniodromitidae
Pithonoton sp. von Meyer 1842
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Mesomorpha sp. Pratz 1883
rare category
Thamnasteria sp. LeSauvage 1823
common category
sp. 1
Thamnasteria dendroidea (Lamouroux 1821)
abundant category
Form (B)
Thamnasteria dendroidea (Lamouroux 1821)
rare category
Form (A)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Stephanastrea sp. Etallon 1862
common category
Allocoenia sp. Etallon 1858
common category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Diplocoenia sp. Fromentel 1857
rare category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Meandrophyllia sp. d'Orbigny 1849
rare category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Calamophylliopsis sp. Alloiteau 1952
common category
Epistreptophyllum sp. Milaschewitsch 1876
very rare category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astraraeidae
Haplaraea sp. Milaschewitsch 1876
very rare category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Dermoseris sp. Koby 1887
rare category
Dendrarea sp. (d'Orbigny 1849)
abundant category
original and current combination Dendraraea
Microsolena sp. Lamouroux 1821
common category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Fungiastraea sp. Alloiteau 1952
common category
Mixastraea sp. Roniewicz 1976
rare category
Microphyllia sp. d'Orbigny 1849
common category
Latomeandra sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
abundant category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea sp. (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
common category
Thecosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
common category
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821
very rare category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Dendrohelia coalescens (Goldfuss 1826)
common category
recombined as Stylohelia coalescens
Stylina sp. Lamarck 1816
rare category
Stylosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
common category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae
Cladophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
common category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cyathophora sp. Michelin 1843
common category
Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
Entobia retiformis
Boring
Entobia laquea Bromley and D'Alessandro 1984
Boring
unclassified
Caulostrepsis cretacea
Boring
Caulostrepsis sp. Clarke 1908
Boring
Trypanites weisei
Boring
Gastrochaenolites torpedo Kelly and Bromley 1984
Boring
Gastrochaenolites dijugus Kelly and Bromley 1984
Boring
Maeandropolydora sulcans Voigt 1965
Boring
Dendrina fodicans
Boring
Conchotrema canna
Boring
Talpina bromleyi
Boring
see common names

Geography
Country:France
Coordinates: 49.6° North, 4.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.5° North, 13.6° East
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Oxfordian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
*Period:Late/Upper Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic *Epoch:Malm
*International age/stage:Middle Oxfordian - Middle Oxfordian *Local age/stage:Middle Argovian - Late/Upper Argovian
Key time interval:Middle Oxfordian Zone: plicatilis
Age range of interval:161.50000 - 154.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: antecedens subzone of plicatilis zone or transversarium zone.
Late middle Oxfordian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "carbonate"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Glacial or sequence phase:highstand systems tract
Geology comments: Reef rubble
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite,replaced with calcite
Articulated whole bodies:all
Bioerosion:frequent
Encrustation:occasional
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 2362
Database number:11085
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2001-07-12 09:16:42 Last modified:2006-09-10 21:32:47
Access level:the public Released:2001-07-12 09:16:42
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

4076. M. Bertling and E. Insalaco. 1998. Late Jurassic coral/microbial reefs from the northern Paris Basin - facies, paleoecology and paleobiogeography. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 139:139-175 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]