La Caquerelle, Lower Argovian (Jurassic of Switzerland)

Also known as Reef 528

Where: Switzerland (47.4° N, 7.2° E: paleocoordinates 38.4° N, 16.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

• Lower Argovian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

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 93134: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.01.2010

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Adelocoenia meriani Koby 1881 stony coral
Stylina thiessingi Koby 1881 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Smilotrochiidae
Paramontlivaltia kobyi n. sp. Beauvais 1964 stony coral
Plesiosmilia gracilis Koby 1880 stony coral
Plesiosmilia truncata Koby 1880 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Solenocoeniidae
"Cryptocoenia sexradiata" = Solenocoenia sexradiata
"Cryptocoenia sexradiata" = Solenocoenia sexradiata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Thecosmilia cartieri Koby 1884 stony coral
Montlivaltia meriani Koby 1883 stony coral
Montlivaltia cartieri Koby 1884 stony coral
"Montlivaltia paucisepta n. sp." = Plesiomontlivaltia paucisepta Beauvais 1964 stony coral
Montlivaltia matheyi Koby 1883 stony coral
Montlivaltia choffati Koby 1883 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Meandraraea gresslyi Etallon 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
"Rhabdophyllia cervina" = Calamophylliopsis cervina
"Rhabdophyllia cervina" = Calamophylliopsis cervina Etallon 1860 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Donacosmilidae
Parepismilia thurmanni Etallon 1862 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolena caesaris Koby 1887 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Fungiastraea gillieroni Koby 1887 stony coral