Chalumeau Quarry, Alligny-Cosne (Jurassic of France)

Where: Bourgogne, France (47.5° N, 3.1° E: paleocoordinates 38.2° N, 12.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

• Sequanian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone and lithified marl

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 93114: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.01.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
"Cryptocoenia minima" = Etallonasteria minima
"Cryptocoenia minima" = Etallonasteria minima Etallon 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Solenocoeniidae
"Adelocoenia semiradiata" = Solenocoenia semiradiata, "Adelocoenia bernensis" = Solenocoenia bernensis
"Adelocoenia semiradiata" = Solenocoenia semiradiata Etallon 1864 stony coral
"Adelocoenia bernensis" = Solenocoenia bernensis Koby 1881 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Dermosmilia sp. Koby 1884 stony coral
Dermosmilia simplex Koby 1889 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Andemantastraeidae
Andemantastraea dreyfussi Beauvais 1964 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Meandraraea cf. pelissieri de Fromentel 1862 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Diplocteniopsidae
Latiphyllia confluens Quenstedt 1843 stony coral
Latiphyllia suevica Quenstedt 1858 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Isastrea crassisepta Becker and Milaschewitsch 1875 stony coral
Isastrea gresslyi Etallon 1862 stony coral
Isastrea bernensis Etallon 1864 stony coral
Isastrea helianthoides Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Isastrea explanata Münster 1829 stony coral
Isastrea fallax Etallon and Thurmann 1862 stony coral
Thecosmilia magna Etallon 1864 stony coral
Thecosmilia annularis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
"Montlivaltia renevieri" = Montlivaltia vesiculosa Koby 1884 stony coral
Montlivaltia variabilis Koby 1883 stony coral
Montlivaltia gyensis de Fromentel 1860 stony coral
Complexastrea hemisphaerica Geyer 1954 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Smilotrochiidae
Aulophyllia cornuta Michelin 1843 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Dimorpharaea sp. de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Dimorpharaea koechlini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral
Comoseris minima n. sp. Beauvais 1964 stony coral
Comoseris irradians Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Microsolena exigua Koby 1887 stony coral
Microsolena caesaris Koby 1887 stony coral
Microsolena sinuata Etallon 1862 stony coral
Microsolena fromenteli Koby 1887 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Thamnoseris etalloni Koby 1904 stony coral
"Latiastraea minima" = Latiastrea minima Koby 1885 stony coral
Fungiastraea gillieroni Koby 1887 stony coral
"Thamnasteria oculata" = Fungiastraea oculata Koby 1887 stony coral
"Thamnasteria pseudarachnoides" = Fungiastraea pseudarachnoides Becker 1875 stony coral
Microphyllia sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
Microphyllia soemmeringii Muenster 1829 stony coral
Microphyllia sulcata de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
"Brachyseris cf. contorta" = Microphyllia contorta Koby 1885 stony coral
Ovalastrea crassa Koby 1884 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cryptocoenia nivernensis n. sp. Beauvais 1964 stony coral
"Adelocoenia heberti" = Cryptocoenia castellum Michelin 1843 stony coral
Cryptocoenia pistillum Fromentel 1864 stony coral
"Pseudocoenia octonaria" = Cryptocoenia octonaria d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Adelocoenia sp., "Cryptocoenia alligniensis n. sp." = Adelocoenia pistillum, "Cryptocoenia fromenteli" = Adelocoenia splendens, "Cryptocoenia limbata" = Adelocoenia limbata, "Cryptocoenia michelini" = Adelocoenia limbata, "Cryptocoenia lusitanica" = Adelocoenia choffati, Stylina bernardina, Stylina sp., Stylina cotteaui, "Cryptocoenia insignis" = Stylina insignis, Stylina tenax, Stylosmilia sp., Stylosmilia michelini
Adelocoenia sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
"Cryptocoenia alligniensis n. sp." = Adelocoenia pistillum Fromentel 1861 stony coral
"Cryptocoenia fromenteli" = Adelocoenia splendens de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
"Cryptocoenia limbata" = Adelocoenia limbata Goldfuss 1829 stony coral
"Cryptocoenia michelini" = Adelocoenia limbata Goldfuss 1829 stony coral
"Cryptocoenia lusitanica" = Adelocoenia choffati Koby 1905 stony coral
Stylina bernardina stony coral
Stylina sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Stylina cotteaui de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
"Cryptocoenia insignis" = Stylina insignis de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Stylina tenax Etallon and Thurmann 1864 stony coral
Stylosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Stylosmilia michelini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria sp. LeSauvage 1823 stony coral
Thamnasteria cf. nicoleti Koby 1887 stony coral
Thamnasteria gracilis Münster 1826 stony coral
Thamnasteria coquandi Etallon 1864 stony coral
Thamnasteria communis de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
"Stereocoenia araneola" = Stereocaenia stony coral
"Stereocoenia concinna" = Stereocaenia stony coral
 Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae
"Pleurosmilia cf. irradians" = Axosmilia irradians
"Pleurosmilia cf. irradians" = Axosmilia irradians de Fromentel 1862 stony coral