Also known as Reef 455
Where: United Kingdom (51.3° N, 1.8° W: paleocoordinates 41.9° N, 8.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Perisphinctes cautisnigrae ammonoid zone, Steeple Ashton Coral Bed Formation, Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)
• cautisnigrae Zone
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified rudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with calcite
Collection methods: mechanical,
• Focus on corals but associated fauna described as well
Primary reference: P. E. Negus and L. Beauvais. 1979. The corals of Steeple Ashton, Wiltshire (English upper Oxfordian). Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 90(4):213-227 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35300: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 26.11.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel | |
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster | |
Chlamys splendens Dollfus 1863 scallop | |
"Trigonia clavellata" = Myophorella (Clavitrigonia) clavellata
"Trigonia clavellata" = Myophorella (Clavitrigonia) clavellata Sowerby 1826 clam cited from Arkell (1927)
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Rhynchonellata | |
Torquirhynchia cf. speciosa Munster 1839 | |
Polychaeta | |
Echinoidea | |
Nucleolites scutatus Lamarck 1816 sea urchin | |
Diplopodia versipora sea urchin | |
Acrosalenia angularis sea urchin | |
Anthozoa | |
Latiphyllia sp. Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Latiphyllia confluens Quenstedt 1843 stony coral | |
Thecosmilia sp., Thecosmilia annularis, "Latiphyllia langi" = Thecosmilia langi, Thecosmilia magna, Thecosmilia acaulis, "Montlivaltia melania" = Trochophyllia melania, Isastrea explanata, Isastrea bernensis, Isastrea propinqua, Isastrea tenuisepta, Confusastrea depressa, Montlivaltia sp., Montlivaltia variabilis, Montlivaltia laufonensis, Montlivaltia incubans
Thecosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
"Latiphyllia langi" = Thecosmilia langi Koby 1884 stony coral
Thecosmilia magna Etallon 1864 stony coral
Thecosmilia acaulis Koby 1884 stony coral
"Montlivaltia melania" = Trochophyllia melania Fromentel 1864 stony coral
Isastrea explanata Münster 1829 stony coral
Isastrea bernensis Etallon 1864 stony coral
Isastrea propinqua Etallon 1864 stony coral
Isastrea tenuisepta Koby 1885 stony coral
Confusastrea depressa stony coral
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
Montlivaltia variabilis Koby 1883 stony coral
Montlivaltia laufonensis Koby 1883 stony coral
Montlivaltia incubans Michelin 1845 stony coral | |
Cryptocoenia cartieri Koby 1881 stony coral | |
Stylina delabechei Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Stylina constricta Fromentel 1864 stony coral
Stylina stellata Etallon 1862 stony coral | |
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Microsolena thurmanni, Comoseris minima, Comoseris irradians, Comoseris interrupta, "Thecosmilia irregularis" = Dermoseris irregularis
Microsolena thurmanni Koby 1887 stony coral
Comoseris minima Beauvais 1964 stony coral
Comoseris irradians Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Comoseris interrupta Koby 1888 stony coral
"Thecosmilia irregularis" = Dermoseris irregularis Thurmann and Etallon 1864 stony coral | |
Dimorphastrea choffati stony coral
Fungiastraea gillieroni Koby 1887 stony coral
Thamnoseris frotei Etallon 1862 stony coral | |
Crateroseris fungiformis Tomes 1883 stony coral
Crateroseris parvistella n. sp. Negus and Beauvais 1979 stony coral | |
Astraraea fungiformis n. sp.
Astraraea fungiformis n. sp. Beauvais 1979 stony coral | |
"Calamophylliopsis stokesi" = Calamophylliopsis stockesi
"Calamophylliopsis stokesi" = Calamophylliopsis stockesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral | |
Andemantastraea dreyfussi Beauvais 1964 stony coral | |
Protoseris waltoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral | |
Morphastrea laminata n. sp.
Morphastrea laminata n. sp. Negus and Beauvais 1979 stony coral | |
Thamnasteria patina Becker 1875 stony coral |