Bourges (Jurassic of France)

Where: Centre, France (47.1° N, 2.4° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 30.1° N, 19.9° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

• Sequanian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone and lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. Beauvais. 1964. Etude stratigraphique et paléontologique des formations à madréporaires du Jurassique supérieur du Jura et de l'est du Bassin de Paris. Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France 100:1-288 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/B. Lathuilière]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 93124: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.01.2010

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Meandraraea media n. sp. Beauvais 1964 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acrosmiliidae
Acrosmilia conica Koby 1886 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
"Rhabdophyllia cervina" = Calamophylliopsis cervina, Dermosmilia crassa
"Rhabdophyllia cervina" = Calamophylliopsis cervina Etallon 1860 stony coral
Dermosmilia crassa Koby 1884 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Microphyllia cf. curtata, "Microphyllia corrugata" = Comophyllia corrugata
Microphyllia cf. curtata Etallon and Thurmann 1864 stony coral
"Microphyllia corrugata" = Comophyllia corrugata Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Comoseridae
Microsolena agariciformis Étallon 1859 stony coral
Microsolena exigua Koby 1887 stony coral
Microsolena sinuata Etallon and Thurmann 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria coquandi, "Stereocoenia concinna" = Stereocaenia
Thamnasteria coquandi Étallon 1859 stony coral
"Stereocoenia concinna" = Stereocaenia stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae
"Montlivaltia gigas" = Montlivaltia truncata Defrance 1817 stony coral
Montlivaltia cf. grandis Étallon 1859 stony coral
Montlivaltia alcobacensis Koby 1904 stony coral
Montlivaltia ducreti Koby 1883 stony coral
Thecosmilia cartieri Koby 1884 stony coral
Thecosmilia langi Koby 1884 stony coral
Fungiastraea pseudoarachnoides
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"Fungiastraea multicincta" = Fungiastraea pseudoarachnoides
"Fungiastraea multicincta" = Fungiastraea pseudoarachnoides Becker 1875