Bannalp (Cretaceous of Switzerland)

Where: Switzerland (46.9° N, 8.4° E: paleocoordinates 34.4° N, 18.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Neocomian (145.0 - 125.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

• no information given

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. Koby. 1895. Monographie des Polypiers Crétacés de la Suisse [Monograph of cretaceous corals from Switzerland]. Mémoires de la société paléontologique Suisse 22:1-100 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 77005: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 14.12.2007, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
"Thecosmilia tobleri" = Thecosmilia densa, "Pleurosmilia stutzi" = Peplosmilia stutzi, "Pleurosmilia neocomiensis" = Peplosmilia stutzi, "Dimorphastrea alpina" = Dimorphocoeniopsis alpina
"Thecosmilia tobleri" = Thecosmilia densa Fromentel 1870 stony coral
"Pleurosmilia stutzi" = Peplosmilia stutzi Koby 1895 stony coral
"Pleurosmilia neocomiensis" = Peplosmilia stutzi Koby 1895 stony coral
"Dimorphastrea alpina" = Dimorphocoeniopsis alpina Koby 1895 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Diplocteniopsidae
Latiphyllia neocomiensis Fromentel 1877 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Placocoeniidae
"Phyllocoenia heimi" = Placocoenia heimi
"Phyllocoenia heimi" = Placocoenia heimi Koby 1895 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
"Enallohelia rathieri" = Enallhelia rathieri d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
Stylosmilia alpina Koby 1895 stony coral
Stylina sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
"Cladophyllia tobleri" = Pleurophyllia tobleri, "Rhabdophyllia schmidti" = Pleurophyllia schmidti
"Cladophyllia tobleri" = Pleurophyllia tobleri Koby 1895 stony coral
"Rhabdophyllia schmidti" = Pleurophyllia schmidti Koby 1895 stony coral