Tisbury, Wiltshire (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.1° N, 2.1° W: paleocoordinates 41.8° N, 7.9° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• corals occur in cherty beds of upper Portlandian

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; chert

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 42364: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Benjamin Brenneis on 28.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Pseudodiplocoenia oblonga Fleming 1827 stony coral
 Scleractinia -
Ebrayia dightonthomasi Roniewicz 1970 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Edwardsastraea tisburiensis Roniewicz 1970 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae
Ellipsasteria gracilis Roniewicz 1970 stony coral