Courchavon (Jurassic of Switzerland)

Also known as Reef 528

Where: Switzerland (47.4° N, 7.1° E: paleocoordinates 38.4° N, 16.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

• Argovian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• bioherm

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 93155: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.01.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Thecosmilia cartieri
Thecosmilia cartieri Koby 1884 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Dimorpharaea sp., Microsolena caesaris, Microsolena julii
Dimorpharaea sp. de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Microsolena caesaris Koby 1887 stony coral
Microsolena julii Etallon 1862 stony coral