Saint-Croix (Cretaceous of Switzerland)

Where: Switzerland (46.8° N, 6.5° E: paleocoordinates 37.8° N, 15.4° 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 77113: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 21.12.2007, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Confusaforma sp. Loeser 1987 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae
Heliastrea irregularis Koby 1895 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
"Thamnastraea frondescens" = Periseris frondescens
"Thamnastraea frondescens" = Periseris frondescens d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral