Giron, Ain, Rhone-Alpes (Jurassic of France)

Also known as Reef 459

Where: France (46.2° N, 5.8° E: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 14.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Calcaires construits de Molinges Formation, Late/Upper Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• coral patch reef in back-barrier-reef environment

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: L. Beauvais and P. Bernier. 1981. Nouvelles especes de madreporaires dans le Kimmeridgien Superieur du Jura (France) [New Upper Kimmeridgian scleractinian corals from the French Jura]. Geobios 14(2):173-189 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68509: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 25.01.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
"Thalamocoenia gironensis n. sp." = Latiastrea gironensis
"Thalamocoenia gironensis n. sp." = Latiastrea gironensis Beauvais and Bernier 1981 stony coral
listed as Thalamocaenia