PBDB Collection

Glamorgan area, South Wales (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: Wales, United Kingdom (51.4° N, 3.6° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 36.2° N, 8.6° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Sutton stone Formation, Angulata (201.4 - 199.5 Ma)

• angulata zone

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified reef rocks

• at Wick compound corals form reef-like structure

• underlying Carboniferous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. E. Negus. 1983. Distribution of the British Jurassic corals. Proceedings of the Geologists` Association 94(3):251-257 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/B. Brenneis]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41816: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Benjamin Brenneis on 21.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae	Isastrea globosa, Isastrea sinemuriensis Isastrea globosa stony coral Isastrea sinemuriensis Fromentel 1860 stony coral
Scleractinia - Oppelismiliidae	Heterastraea excavata, Heterastraea fischeri², Oppelismilia brodiei, Haimeicyclus haimei, "Phacelepismilia suttonensis" = Phacelophyllia suttonensis, "Elysastraea moorei" = Phacelophyllia moorei Heterastraea excavata stony coral Heterastraea fischeri² stony coral Oppelismilia brodiei stony coral Haimeicyclus haimei Chapuis and Dewalque 1853 stony coral Montlivaltia haimei "Phacelepismilia suttonensis" = Phacelophyllia suttonensis Duncan 1867 stony coral "Elysastraea moorei" = Phacelophyllia moorei Duncan 1867 stony coral
Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae	Phacelepismilia simplex, Phacelostylophyllum dentatum, Phacelostylophyllum irregularis, Phacelostylophyllum affinis, Phacelostylophyllum michelini, Phacelostylophyllum rugosum, Stylophyllopsis murchisoniae, Stylophyllopsis brevis, Stylophyllopsis walliae Phacelepismilia simplex stony coral Phacelostylophyllum dentatum stony coral Phacelostylophyllum irregularis stony coral Phacelostylophyllum affinis stony coral Phacelostylophyllum michelini Terquem and Piette 1865 stony coral Phacelostylophyllum rugosum Laube 1865 stony coral Stylophyllopsis murchisoniae stony coral Stylophyllopsis brevis Duncan 1867 stony coral Stylophyllopsis walliae Duncan 1867 stony coral
Scleractinia - Ellipsosmiliidae	Duncanosmilia moorei n. gen. n. sp.¹ Duncanosmilia moorei n. gen. n. sp.¹ Beauvais 1976 stony coral
Scleractinia - Pinacophyllidae	Cyathocoenia dendroidea Cyathocoenia dendroidea Duncan 1867 stony coral
Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae	Montlivaltia polymorpha, Montlivaltia parasitica, Montlivaltia pedunculata, Thecosmilia mirabilis Montlivaltia polymorpha Terquem and Piette 1865 stony coral Montlivaltia parasitica Duncan 1867 stony coral Montlivaltia pedunculata Duncan 1867 stony coral Thecosmilia mirabilis stony coral
Scleractinia - Actinastreidae	Actinastrea parasitica, Actinastrea gibbosa, Actinastrea pedunculata, Actinastrea plana, Allocoeniopsis favoidea, Allocoeniopsis dendroidea, Allocoeniopsis insignis Actinastrea parasitica Duncan 1867 stony coral Actinastrea gibbosa Duncan 1867 stony coral type locality of species Actinastrea pedunculata Duncan 1867 stony coral Actinastrea plana Duncan 1867 stony coral Allocoeniopsis favoidea Duncan 1867 stony coral Allocoeniopsis dendroidea Duncan 1867 stony coral Allocoeniopsis insignis Duncan 1867 stony coral

¹Beauvais 1976; ²Johnson and McKerrow 1995