Bärschwil (Jurassic of Switzerland)

Also known as Reef 1339

Where: Switzerland (47.4° N, 7.5° E: paleocoordinates 38.4° N, 16.4° 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 marl and 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 93154: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.01.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Thecosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Thecosmilia langi Koby 1884 stony coral
Thecosmilia annularis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Montlivaltia cartieri Koby 1884 stony coral
Montlivaltia langi Koby 1883 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Dimorpharaea koechlini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral
Microsolena sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cyathophora faveolata Koby 1881 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Adelocoenia meriani, "Cryptocoenia michelini" = Adelocoenia limbata
Adelocoenia meriani Koby 1881 stony coral
"Cryptocoenia michelini" = Adelocoenia limbata Goldfuss 1829 stony coral