Val de Travers (Jurassic of Switzerland)

Where: Neuchatel, Switzerland (46.9° N, 6.6° E: paleocoordinates 36.7° N, 16.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bajocian (170.3 - 168.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. Beauvais. 1966. Revision de madreporaires du Dogger de la collection Koby (Revision of Dogger corals from the Koby collection]. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 59(2):989-1024 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 86631: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.02.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Peplosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral
Thecosmilia jaccardi Koby 1884 stony coral