Saint-Gaultier, Creuse Valley: Early/Lower Bathonian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae
Axosmilia benoisti (Koby 1906)
Axosmilia extinctorium (Michelin 1841)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Lochmaeosmilia radiata (Lamouroux 1821)
Polymorphastraea variabilis Koby 1906
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Astraraea globosa (Koby 1906)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Cladophylliopsis n. gen. alternicosta (Koby 1906)
Protethmos griesbachi (Gregory 1900)
recombined as Epistreptophyllum griesbachi
? Epistreptophyllum pararticulatum n. sp. Beauvais 1972
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acrosmiliidae
Acrosmilia flouesti (de Fromentel and Ferry 1867)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Andemantastraeidae
Andemantastraea gaultierensis (Koby 1906)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Allocoeniopsis oolitica (Koby 1905)
synonym of Allocoeniopsis luciensis
Allocoeniopsis expansa (Tomes 1878)
Allocoenia plana n. sp. Beauvais 1972
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Digitosmilia fischeri n. gen., n. sp. Beauvais 1972
Trigerastraea irregularis (Koby 1906)
Dimorphastrea cosmanni (Koby 1906)
Collignonastraea grossouvrei n. sp. Beauvais 1972
Comophyllia polymorpha (Koby 1906)
original and current combination Latimaeandra polymorpha
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Dendraraea excelsa (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
Chomatoseris hemispherica (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
Chomatoseris orbulites (Lamouroux 1821)
Trochoplegma fungiformis (Gregory 1900)
Trochoplegma ? moneta (Koby 1886)
Microsolena piriformis n. sp. Beauvais 1972
Microsolena regularis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Dimorpharaea lentiformis Koby 1906
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pamiroseriidae
Ampakabastraea contorta (Koby 1906)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia gregoryi Alloiteau 1958
Montlivaltia cornutiformis Gregory 1900
Montlivaltia frustriformis Gregory 1900
Montlivaltia stueri n. sp. Beauvais 1972
Montlivaltia kachensis Gregory 1900
? Montlivaltia cosmanni Koby 1906
Isastrea excentrica n. sp. Beauvais 1972
Isastrea limitata (M'Coy 1848)
Isastrea nantuacumensis Beauvais 1966
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Mesomorpha pesudomammosa n. sp. Beauvais 1972
Thamnasteria mammosa (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
Thamnasteria mettensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylina oolitica (Koby 1906)
Stylina dendroidea (Koby 1906)
Pseudocoenia kobyi n. sp. Beauvais 1972
synonym of Adelocoenia tenuistriata
Pseudocoenia delaunayi (Koby 1906)
synonym of Adelocoenia tenuistriata
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Centre County:Indre
Coordinates: 46.6° North, 1.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.5° North, 11.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Stage:Bathonian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 4
Key time interval:Early/Lower Bathonian
Age range of interval:168.20000 - 165.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: mostly from unit 4 of Benoist
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: corallian and reefal limestones and lagoonal facies (Fischer 1964)
Environment:perireef or subreef
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3923
Database number:85965
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-01-23 04:04:08 Last modified:2009-04-17 03:48:18
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
29030. L. Beauvais. 1972. Contribution a l'etude de la faune bathonienne dans la vallee de la Creuse (Indre): madreporaires [The Bathonian fauna in the Creuse Valley (Indre): corals]. Annales de Paleontologie, Invertebres 58(1):33-97 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]