Loix, Re Island (Jurassic of France)

Where: Poitou-Charentes, France (46.2° N, 1.4° W: paleocoordinates 36.8° N, 8.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

• Argovian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Alloiteau. 1960. Sur le genre Clausastrea [About the genus Clausastrea]. Annales de Paleontologie 46:1-46 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87800: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 25.03.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Clausastrea parva Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral
Clausastrea edwardsi de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Clausastrea radisensis n. sp. Alloiteau 1960 stony coral