PBDB Collection

Fairford Coral Bed, Gloucestershire, UK (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Reef 457

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.7° N, 1.8° W: paleocoordinates 41.3° N, 8.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: White Limestone Formation, Late/Upper Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7 Ma)

• "Fairford Coral Bed"; at the base of Oxycerites aspidoides zone; near the top of White Limestone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• seems likely corals grew not far from the shoreline, in a sheltered lagoon or basin

• White Limestone contains isolated lenticular beds of marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: recrystallized

Collection methods: mechanical, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: L. Beauvais and P. Negus. 1975. The Fairford coral beds. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 86:183-204 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 38159: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Benjamin Brenneis on 16.04.2004, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae	Mesomorpha bussoni¹, Dendrastrea langruensis, Thamnasteria lyelli, Thamnasteria mammosa, Thamnasteria dumonti, "Stereocoenia scita" = Stereocaenia Mesomorpha bussoni¹ Beauvais 1966 stony coral Mesomorpha pseudo-mammosa Dendrastrea langruensis stony coral [entered as Dendrastraea langruensis] Thamnasteria lyelli Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral Thamnasteria mammosa Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral Thamnasteria dumonti Chapuis and Dewalque 1853 stony coral "Stereocoenia scita" = Stereocaenia stony coral
Scleractinia -	Edwardsomeandra vermicularis Edwardsomeandra vermicularis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Scleractinia - Meandrinidae	Bathycoenia moneta, Bathycoenia slatteri Bathycoenia moneta stony coral Bathycoenia slatteri Tomes 1883 stony coral
Scleractinia - Faviidae	Sakalavastraea collignoni Sakalavastraea collignoni Alloiteau 1958 stony coral
Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae	"Isastraea limitata" = Isastrea, "Isastrea microphylla" = Isastrea, "Isastrea sp." = Isastrea, Isastrea explanulata, Isastrea browni, Confusastrea magnifica², Confusastrea kobyi², Thecosmilia obtusa, Thecosmilia slatteri, Thecosmilia wrighti, Thecosmilia sp., Thecosmilia gregaria, Montlivaltia slatteri, Montlivaltia carnutiformis, Montlivaltia insignis, Montlivaltia fairfordensis, Montlivaltia sp., Montlivaltia hourcqi, Montlivaltia smithi, Montlivaltia kachensis, Montlivaltia decipiens, Montlivaltia caryophyllata, Montlivaltia trochoides "Isastraea limitata" = Isastrea stony coral Isastraea limitata "Isastrea microphylla" = Isastrea stony coral Isastraea microphylla "Isastrea sp." = Isastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral Isastraea sp. Isastrea explanulata Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral Isastraea explanulata Isastrea browni Duncan 1872 stony coral Isastraea browni Confusastrea magnifica² stony coral Confusastrea kobyi² Beauvais 1966 stony coral Thecosmilia obtusa stony coral obtusa Thecosmilia slatteri stony coral Thecosmilia wrighti stony coral Thecosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral Thecosmilia gregaria M'Coy 1851 stony coral Montlivaltia slatteri stony coral Montlivaltia carnutiformis stony coral Montlivaltia insignis stony coral Montlivaltia fairfordensis stony coral Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral Montlivaltia hourcqi Alloiteau 1958 stony coral M. hourcqi var. elongata Montlivaltia smithi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral Montlivaltia kachensis Gregory 1900 stony coral Montlivaltia decipiens Goldfuss 1826 stony coral Montlivaltia caryophyllata Lamouroux 1821 stony coral Montlivaltia trochoides Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Scleractinia - Diplocteniopsidae	Latiphyllia sp., Latiphyllia bajociana Latiphyllia sp. Fromentel 1861 stony coral Latiphyllia bajociana d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
Scleractinia - Actinastreidae	Allocoeniopsis waltoni Allocoeniopsis waltoni stony coral
Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae	Cyathophora pratti, "Orbignycoenia waltoni" = Cyathophora, Pseudocoenia sp. Cyathophora pratti Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral "Orbignycoenia waltoni" = Cyathophora stony coral Pseudocoenia sp. d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
Scleractinia - Stylinidae	Enallhelia clavata, "Cryptocoenia luciensis" = Adelocoenia luciensis, "Adelocoenia microphyllia" = Adelocoenia compressa Enallhelia clavata stony coral "Cryptocoenia luciensis" = Adelocoenia luciensis d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral "Adelocoenia microphyllia" = Adelocoenia compressa Koby 1881 stony coral
Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae	Cladophyllia babeana Cladophyllia babeana d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral incl. Cl. babeana var. minor
Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae	Meandraraea slatteri Meandraraea slatteri Tomes 1883 stony coral
Scleractinia - Smilotrochiidae	Paramontlivaltia obliqua n. sp. Paramontlivaltia obliqua n. sp. Beauvais and Negus 1975 stony coral
Scleractinia - Microsolenidae	Dendraraea excelsa, Chomatoseris bajociana, Chomatoseris bouchardi, Chomatoseris sp., Chomatoseris orbulites, Semeloseris limax, Semeloseris sp., Genabacia sp., Microsolena sp., Microsolena hemispherica n. sp. Dendraraea excelsa Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral Chomatoseris bajociana stony coral Chomatoseris bouchardi stony coral Chomatoseris sp. Thomas 1935 stony coral Chomatoseris orbulites Lamouroux 1821 stony coral Semeloseris limax stony coral Semeloseris sp. Thomas 1935 stony coral Genabacia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral Microsolena sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral Microsolena hemispherica n. sp. Beauvais and Negus 1975 stony coral
Scleractinia - Latomeandridae	Collignonastraea negusi n. sp., Collignonastraea grossouvrei, Microphyllia sp., Microphyllia punctata n. sp. Collignonastraea negusi n. sp. Beauvais and Negus 1975 stony coral Collignonastraea grossouvrei Beauvais 1972 stony coral C. grossouvrei digitiformis var. nov. Microphyllia sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral Microphyllia punctata n. sp. Beauvais and Negus 1975 stony coral
Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae	Keriophyllia oolitica n. sp. Keriophyllia oolitica n. sp. Beauvais and Negus 1975 stony coral
Echinoidea
-	Echinoidea indet. Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Salenioida - Acrosaleniidae	Acrosalenia sp. Acrosalenia sp. Agassiz 1840 sea urchin
Gastropoda
Heterostropha - Nerineidae	Cossmannea eudesii Cossmannea eudesii snail C. (Eunerinea) eudesii
Bivalvia
-	Bivalvia indet. Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	Nanogyra cf. crassa Nanogyra cf. crassa Smith 1819 oyster
Brachiopoda
-	Brachiopoda indet. Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Polychaeta
Sabellida - Serpulidae	Serpulidae indet. Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835

¹Draganescu and Beauvais 1985; ²Negus and Beauvais 1979