Voelksen, Hannover: Late/Upper Oxfordian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Actinarea granulata
9 specimens
original and current combination Actinaraea
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diplocteniopsidae
Latiphyllia confluens (Quenstedt 1843)
2 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea helianthoides (Goldfuss 1826)
14 specimens
Montlivaltia obconica (Münster 1829)
23 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolena agariciformis Etallon 1859
2 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Microphyllia seriata (Becker 1875)
2 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae
Cladophyllia dichotoma (Goldfuss 1826)
2 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cyathophora bourgueti (Defrance 1826)
2 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylina limbata (Goldfuss 1829)
5 specimens
recombined as Adelocoenia limbata
Stylina delabechei Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
2 specimens
Goniocora socialis (Roemer 1836)
3 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria concinna (Goldfuss 1826)
34 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Niedersachsen
Coordinates: 52.3° North, 9.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.4° North, 17.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Oxfordian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
*Period:Late/Upper Jurassic *Epoch:Malm
*International age/stage:Late/Upper Oxfordian
Key time interval:Late/Upper Oxfordian
Age range of interval:161.20000 - 155.70000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Unterer Korallenoolith Member:Untere Folge
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified rudstone
Lithology description: Coral debris
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:replaced with calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Articulated whole bodies:some
Size sorting:very poor
Fragmentation:occasional
Bioerosion:occasional
Encrustation:occasional
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:mechanical,peel or thin section,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Bryozoans, thecids, serpulids, and oysters associated
Taxonomic list comments:Only corals included
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3185
Database number:23919
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-07-24 05:14:47 Last modified:2016-03-14 17:15:43
Access level:the public Released:2002-07-24 05:14:47
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

6781. M. Bertling. 1993. Riffkorallen im norddeutschen Oberjura - Taxonomie, Ökologie, Verteilung. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 226:77-123 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/J. Alroy]