Saint-Mihiel (Jurassic of France)

Also known as Reef 605

Where: Lorraine, France (48.9° N, 5.5° E: paleocoordinates 39.8° N, 14.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

• Upper Argovian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• large coral lenses in oolitic and chalky limestones

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 93188: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.01.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
"Stylina limbata" = Adelocoenia limbata, "Cryptocoenia michelini n. sp." = Adelocoenia limbata, Stylosmilia michelini, Stylina stellata
"Stylina limbata" = Adelocoenia limbata Goldfuss 1829 stony coral
"Cryptocoenia michelini n. sp." = Adelocoenia limbata Goldfuss 1829 stony coral
Stylosmilia michelini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Stylina stellata Etallon and Thurmann 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cryptocoenia cartieri, "Cyathophora richardi" = Cyathophora bourgueti
Cryptocoenia cartieri Koby 1881 stony coral
"Cyathophora richardi" = Cyathophora bourgueti Defrance 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae
Cladophyllia dichotoma Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Diplocoenia sanctimihieli Michelin 1843 stony coral
Diplocoenia rotularis Michelin 1843 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
"Stylina trochiformis" = Actinastrea trochiformis
"Stylina trochiformis" = Actinastrea trochiformis Michelin 1843 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Aplosmiliidae
Rhipidogyra deshayesi Michelin 1843 stony coral
Rhipidogyra flabellum Michelin 1843 stony coral
Aplosmilia nuda d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
Aplosmilia aspera Michelin 1843 stony coral
Aplosmilia semisulcata Michelin 1843 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae
"Thecosmilia trichotoma" = Thecosmilia densa
"Thecosmilia trichotoma" = Thecosmilia densa Fromentel 1870 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Solenocoeniidae
"Adelocoenia semiradiata" = Solenocoenia semiradiata
"Adelocoenia semiradiata" = Solenocoenia semiradiata Etallon and Thurmann 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea tenuisepta Koby 1885 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
"Stereocoenia araneola" = Stereocaenia stony coral
Thamnasteria loryi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Thamnasteria lobata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Thamnasteria dendroidea Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Smilotrochiidae
Aulophyllia subcylindrica Michelin 1843 stony coral
Aulophyllia cornuta Michelin 1843 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Dermosmilia crassa Koby 1884 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
"Meandrophyllia edwardsi" = Meandrophyllia corrugata, Astraraea araneola
"Meandrophyllia edwardsi" = Meandrophyllia corrugata Michelin 1843 stony coral
Astraraea araneola stony coral
 Scleractinia - Comoseridae
Comoseris meandrinoides Michelin 1843 stony coral
Microsolena thurmanni Koby 1887 stony coral
Dendraraea racemosa Michelin 1843 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Microphyllia curtata Etallon and Thurmann 1864 stony coral
Brachyseris curtata Koby 1885 stony coral