Hergiswil corals, Switzerland: Early/Lower Aptian, Switzerland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Thamnasteriidae
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Mesomorpha ornata
Morycowa 1971
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Ahrdorffia ornata | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Actinastreidae
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Actinastrea major
Morycowa 1971
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Stelidioseris major | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Acroporidae
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Etallonasteria minima
(Etallon 1864)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Heterocoeniidae
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Latusastrea decipiens
(Prever 1909)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Haplaraeidae
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Meandraraea (Michelinaraea) sp.
Etallon 1859
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dermosmiliidae
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Calamophylliopsis fotisalensis
(Bendukidze 1961)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Zardinophyllidae
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? Simplexastraea sp.
Eliasova 1976
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Amphiastreidae
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Amphiaulastrea rarauensis
(Morycowa 1971)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Pachyphylliidae
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Columnocoenia ksiazkiewiczi
Morycowa 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Microsolenidae
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Microsolenidae indet.
Koby 1890
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20 specimens | |||||||||
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Dimorpharaea cf. catalaunica
Reig Oriol 1995
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Dimorpharaea manchacaensis
Wells 1933
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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? Trocharea sp.
Etallon 1864
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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? Dermoseris sp.
Koby 1887
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Hydnophoromeandraraea volzi
Morycowa 1971
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Comoseris sp.
d'Orbigny 1849
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Comoseris bargyensis
Morycowa and Decrouez 1993
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Comoseris jireceki | ||||||||||
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Microsolena informal sp. A
Lamouroux 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Microsolena informal sp. B
Lamouroux 1821
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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? Microsolena informal sp. C
Lamouroux 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Microsolena distefanoi
(Prever 1909)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Microsolena major | ||||||||||
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Microsolena formosa n. sp.
Morycowa and Decrouez 2006
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Microsolena aff. agariciformis
Etallon 1859
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Eocomoseris sp.
Melnikova et al. 1993
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| 3 fragments from one colony | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Latomeandridae
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Vallimeandra sp.
Alloiteau 1957
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Thamnoseris carpathica
Morycowa 1971
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Ovalastrea lorioli
(Koby 1896)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Ellipsocoenia lorioli | ||||||||||
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Fungiastraea muelleri
Eliasova 1994
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Fungiastraea columellaris
(Hackemesser 1936)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Periseris frondescens
(d'Orbigny 1850)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Eugyridae
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Eohydnophora crassa
(Fromentel 1862)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Eugyra (Felixigyra) crassa | ||||||||||
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Felixigyra duncani
Prever 1909
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Eohydnophora picteti
(Koby 1897)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Eugyra (Felixigyra) picteti | ||||||||||
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Eugyra clavisepta n. sp.
Morycowa and Decrouez 2006
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Eugyra pusilla
Koby 1895
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ssp. rariseptata | ||||||||||
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Eugyra cotteaui
Fromentel 1857
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Eugyra lanckoronensis
(Morycowa 1964)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Diplocteniopsidae
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Latiphyllia cf. neocomiensis
Fromentel 1877
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Stylinidae
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Stylina micropora
Koby 1895
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Coordinates: | 47.0° North, 8.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.4° North, 18.8° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Barremian | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Aptian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 121.40000 - 119.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Schrattenkalk | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper Schrattenkalk. Age determined by larger foraminifers | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: The corals were collected from the bioclastic limestones of “Upper Schrattenkalk”, exposed along the road in a steep, several meters high slope. | |
| Environment: | open shallow subtidal |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | peel or thin section,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: They were taken from the surface of the limestones at 25 points, each covering 0.5 square metres. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Corals only | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 72040 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | W. Kiessling |
| Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-05-23 07:10:12 | Last modified: | 2007-05-23 11:20:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-05-23 07:10:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 24381. | E. Morycowa and D. Decrouez. 2006. Early Aptian scleractinian corals from the Upper Schrattenkalk of Hergiswil (Lucerne region, Helvetic Zone of central Switzerland). Revue de Paléobiologie 25(2):791-838 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |