Oyonnax (Jurassic of France)

Also known as Reef 459

Where: Rhone-Alpes, France (46.3° N, 5.7° E: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 14.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

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 93270: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.01.2010

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
Myriophyllia angustata d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
"Pseudocoenia octonaria" = Cryptocoenia octonaria
"Pseudocoenia octonaria" = Cryptocoenia octonaria d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
"Alloiteaucoenia tumularis" = Heliocoenia variabilis
"Alloiteaucoenia tumularis" = Heliocoenia variabilis Etallon 1859 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Ovalastrea caryophylloides Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
"Latiastraea variabilis" = Latiastrea variabilis Etallon 1858 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Calamophylliopsis etalloni Koby 1884 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
Aplosmilia aspera Michelin 1843 stony coral