Charcenne (Jurassic of France)

Also known as Reef 4021

Where: Franche-Comte, France (47.4° N, 5.8° E: paleocoordinates 38.3° N, 15.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

• Lower Argovian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• reefal limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 93184: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.01.2010

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Thecosmilia cartieri, "Thecosmilia trichotoma" = Thecosmilia densa
Thecosmilia cartieri Koby 1884 stony coral
"Thecosmilia trichotoma" = Thecosmilia densa Fromentel 1870 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
"Meandrophyllia edwardsi" = Meandrophyllia corrugata
"Meandrophyllia edwardsi" = Meandrophyllia corrugata Michelin 1843 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Latomeandra delemontana, "Latiastraea variabilis" = Latiastrea variabilis
Latomeandra delemontana Koby 1885 stony coral
"Latiastraea variabilis" = Latiastrea variabilis Etallon 1858 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolena fromenteli Koby 1887 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylosmilia michelini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Stylosmilia corallina Koby 1881 stony coral
"Stylina limbata" = Adelocoenia limbata Goldfuss 1829 stony coral
Stylina micrommata Quenstedt 1857 stony coral
Psammohelia gibbosa de Fromentel 1861 stony coral