Liesberg, Jura, Switzerland: Middle Oxfordian, Switzerland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Meandraraea sp. Etallon 1859
1 %-volume
Actinarea sp. (d'Orbigny 1849)
2 %-volume
original and current combination Actinaraea
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Calamophylliopsis sp. Alloiteau 1952
1 %-volume
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria sp. LeSauvage 1823
4 %-volume
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Fungiastraea sp. Alloiteau 1952
1 %-volume
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Dimorpharaea sp. de Fromentel 1861
50 %-volume
Microsolena sp. Lamouroux 1821
3 %-volume
Comoseris sp. d'Orbigny 1849
3 %-volume
Dendrarea sp. (d'Orbigny 1849)
9 %-volume
original and current combination Dendraraea
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
rare category
Goniocora sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
rare category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae
Cladophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
rare category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea sp. (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
16 %-volume
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821
2 %-volume
Thecosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
8 %-volume
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
? Thurmannella obtrita (Defrance 1828)
Sulser 2010
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Septaliphoria ex gr. pinguis (Roemer 1836)
Sulser 2010
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
? Ornithella subbucculenta
Sulser 2010
Delmontanella delmontana (Oppel 1857)
Sulser 2010
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Galliennithyris bourgueti
Sulser 2010
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dictyothyrididae
Dictyothyris rollieri Haas 1889
Sulser 2010
see common names

Geography
Country:Switzerland
Coordinates: 47.4° North, 7.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.4° North, 16.4° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Oxfordian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
*Period:Late/Upper Jurassic *Epoch:Malm
*International age/stage:Middle Oxfordian
Key time interval:Middle Oxfordian Zone: Plicatilis
Age range of interval:161.50000 - 154.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:St. Ursanne Member:Liesberg
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified framestone
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: Mid-Oxfordian microsolenid biostrome.
Corals moderately diverse, extremely rich associated faunas.
30-70 % skeletal biovolume.
Below St. Ursanne reefs.
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 1339
Database number:22735
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling, M. Krause
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-06-24 09:52:49 Last modified:2002-06-24 12:52:49
Access level:the public Released:2002-06-24 09:52:49
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
6537. E. Insalaco. 1996. Upper Jurassic microsolenid biostromes of northern and central Europe: facies and depositional environment. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 121:169-194 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]

Secondary references:

71754 H. Sulser. 2010. The brachiopods in the Late Jurassic of northern and northwestern Switzerland - marine organisms between adaptation and dependence. Mitteilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaften beider Basel 12 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]