Girenspitz, Säntis locality (Cretaceous of Switzerland)

Where: Switzerland (47.2° N, 9.3° E: paleocoordinates 30.0° N, 12.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Garschella Formation, Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. C. Baron-Szabo. 2017. Scleractinian corals from the upper Aptian–Albian of the Garschella Formation of central Europe (western Austria; eastern Switzerland): The Albian. Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 157(1-4):241-260 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 193914: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 07.06.2018

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Synhelia gibbosa Goldfuss 1829 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Caryophyllia konincki Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Stylocyathus cf. dentalinus d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral