Gilley: Oxfordian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
Rhipidogyra cf. costata Becker 1875
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria communis (de Fromentel 1861)
Thamnasteria coquandi (Etallon 1864)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Allocoenia trochiformis Etallon 1864
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Diplocoenia sanctimihieli (Michelin 1843)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Smilotrochiidae
Aulophyllia excelsa (de Fromentel 1861)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolena fromenteli Koby 1887
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Latiastraea variabilis Etallon 1858
recombined as Latiastrea variabilis
Ovalastrea crassa (Koby 1884)
Ovalastrea michelini (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
Comophyllia variabilis (Koby 1886)
Microphyllia curtata Etallon 1862
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Alloiteaucoenia tumularis (Alloiteau 1948)
synonym of Heliocoenia variabilis
Stylina tubulifera (Phillips 1829)
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Franche-Comte
Coordinates: 47.1° North, 6.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.0° North, 15.6° 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
Key time interval:Oxfordian
Age range of interval:161.50000 - 154.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Sequanian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:perireef or subreef
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:93095
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-01-04 04:11:53 Last modified:2010-01-04 06:11:53
Access level:authorizer only Released:2012-01-04 04:11:53
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

31416. 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]