PBDB Collection

Neuvelle-les-Champlitte (Jurassic of France)

Also known as Reef 4020

Where: Franche-Comte, France (47.6° N, 5.6° E: paleocoordinates 38.5° N, 14.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

• Argovian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• Donacosmilia bioherm (2 m thick and 10 m in diameter), 3 smaller bioherms (30-60 cm thick and 1-2 m in diameter) and flanking marly limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. Beauvais. 1964. Etude stratigraphique et paleontologique des formations a madreporaires du Jurassique superieur du Jura et de l'est du Basin de Paris. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France 100:1-288 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87801: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 25.03.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae	Thecosmilia furcata, "Thecosmilia cf. trichotoma" = Thecosmilia densa, Clausastrea edwardsi, Clausastrea parva, Clausastrea costata, Clausastrea dubia Thecosmilia furcata Koby 1884 stony coral "Thecosmilia cf. trichotoma" = Thecosmilia densa Fromentel 1870 stony coral Clausastrea edwardsi de Fromentel 1861 stony coral Clausastrea parva Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral Clausastrea costata de Fromentel 1861 stony coral Clausastrea dubia de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Scleractinia - Mussidae	Palaeomussa minor Palaeomussa minor de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Scleractinia - Eugyridae	Myriophyllia rastellina Myriophyllia rastellina Michelin 1843 stony coral
Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae	Pleurostylina corallina, Donacosmilia corallina Pleurostylina corallina de Fromentel 1856 stony coral Donacosmilia corallina Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae	Cryptocoenia cartieri Cryptocoenia cartieri Koby 1881 stony coral
Scleractinia - Stylinidae	Stylina cf. bullata, Stylina tubulifera, Stylina constricta, "Stylina subramosa" = Stylina inflata, Stylohelia dendroidea, "Cryptocoenia globula n. sp." = Adelocoenia pistillum, Adelocoenia dendroidea Stylina cf. bullata stony coral Stylina tubulifera Phillips 1829 stony coral Stylina constricta Fromentel 1864 stony coral "Stylina subramosa" = Stylina inflata Fromentel 1856 stony coral Stylohelia dendroidea stony coral "Cryptocoenia globula n. sp." = Adelocoenia pistillum Fromentel 1861 stony coral Adelocoenia dendroidea de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Scleractinia - Microsolenidae	Microsolena sp. Microsolena sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae	Astraraea sp. Astraraea sp. Felix 1900 stony coral
Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae	Calamophylliopsis flabellum Calamophylliopsis flabellum de Blainville 1830 stony coral
Scleractinia - Andemantastraeidae	Trigerastraeopsis ecuellensis n. gen. n. sp. Trigerastraeopsis ecuellensis n. gen. n. sp. Beauvais 1964 stony coral
Scleractinia - Agariciidae	Morphastrea haimei Morphastrea haimei de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae	Thamnasteria concinna Thamnasteria concinna Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Scleractinia - Acroporidae	Diplocoenia sanctimihieli Diplocoenia sanctimihieli Michelin 1843 stony coral
Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae	Aplosmilia elegans, Aplosmilia distans Aplosmilia elegans de Fromentel 1861 stony coral Aplosmilia distans de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Scleractinia - Pachyphylliidae	Columnocoenia lifolensis Columnocoenia lifolensis Michelin 1843 stony coral