Perte du Rhône (Cretaceous of Switzerland)

Where: Switzerland (46.4° N, 6.1° E: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 15.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

• no information given

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. Koby. 1895. Monographie des Polypiers Crétacés de la Suisse [Monograph of cretaceous corals from Switzerland]. Mémoires de la société paléontologique Suisse 22:1-100 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 76998: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 14.12.2007, edited by Uta Merkel and Wolfgang Kiessling

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Anthozoa
 Helioporacea -
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Diplocoenia picteti Koby 1895 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
"Astrocoenia pseudominima" = Actinastrea pseudominima, "Astrocoenia urgonensis" = Actinastrea urgonensis, Holocoenia jaccardi, "Astrocoenia minima" = Stelidioseris minima
"Astrocoenia pseudominima" = Actinastrea pseudominima Koby 1897 stony coral
"Astrocoenia urgonensis" = Actinastrea urgonensis Koby 1896 stony coral
Holocoenia jaccardi Koby 1897 stony coral
"Astrocoenia minima" = Stelidioseris minima Fromentel 1857 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Astrocoenia subornata stony coral
upper Aptian
Astrocoenia excavata Fromentel 1857 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
"Calamophyllia compressa" = Calamophylliopsis compressa
"Calamophyllia compressa" = Calamophylliopsis compressa d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
 Scleractinia - Calamophylliidae
Calamophyllia corymbosa stony coral
questionable assignment
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
"Latimaeandra lorioli" = Meandraraea lorioli
"Latimaeandra lorioli" = Meandraraea lorioli Koby 1897 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyclolitidae
"Thecocyathus radiatus" = Paracycloseris radiatus
"Thecocyathus radiatus" = Paracycloseris radiatus Koby 1895 stony coral
emended, Koby stated Thecocyatus
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
Eugyra neocomiensis Fromentel 1857 stony coral
Eugyra cotteaui Fromentel 1857 stony coral
Eugyra pusilla Koby 1895 stony coral
Eugyra digitata Koby 1896 stony coral
"Hydnophora crassa" = Eugyra (Felixigyra) crassa Fromentel 1862 stony coral
"Hydnophora picteti" = Eugyra (Felixigyra) picteti Koby 1897 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea geometrica stony coral
questionable assignment
Isastrea neocomiensis1 de Fromentel 1857 stony coral
"Latimaeandra kaufmanni" = Dimorphocoenia kaufmanni Koby 1897 stony coral
"Dimorphastrea crassisepta" = Dimorphocoenia crassisepta d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
Placosmilia urgoniensis Koby 1895 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia turbinata Fromentel 1857 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Parasmilia aptiensis Pictet and Renevier 1858 stony coral
Platycyathus orbignyi Fromentel 1862 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Comoseriidae
Polyphylloseris convexa d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Phyllocoenia picteti" = Montastraea
"Phyllocoenia picteti" = Montastraea stony coral
questionable assignment
 Scleractinia - Cunnolitidae
"Cyclolites aptiensis" = Cunnolites
"Cyclolites aptiensis" = Cunnolites stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolena guttata Koby 1897 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Dimorphastrea petalophyes3 Felix 1891 stony coral
Dimorphastrea bellula d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
"Latimaeandra picteti" = Latomeandra stony coral
Ellipsocoenia sp.2 d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
"Favia lorioli" = Ellipsocoenia lorioli Koby 1896 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae
"Calamophyllia stutzi" = Cladophyllia stutzi
"Calamophyllia stutzi" = Cladophyllia stutzi Koby 1897 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cryptocoenia picteti, "Convexastrea desori" = Cryptocoenia desori, "Convexastrea dubia" = Cryptocoenia dubia
"Convexastrea desori" = Cryptocoenia desori Koby 1895 stony coral
"Convexastrea dubia" = Cryptocoenia dubia Koby 1895 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylina micropora Koby 1895 stony coral
Stylina pachystylina Koby 1895 stony coral
Stylina favrei Koby 1895 stony coral
Heliocoenia picteti Koby 1895 stony coral
"Stylohelia jaccardi" = Psammohelia jaccardi Koby 1895 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
"Thamnastraea urgonensis" = Mesomorpha urgonensis, "Thamnastraea duparci" = Thamnasteria, "Thamnastraea schmidti" = Thamnasteria, "Thamnastraea dupasquieri" = Thamnasteria, "Thamnastraea favrei" = Thamnasteria, "Thamnastraea maeandra" = Thamnasteria maeandra, "Astrocoenia triboleti" = Stereocaenia triboleti
"Thamnastraea urgonensis" = Mesomorpha urgonensis Koby 1898 stony coral
"Thamnastraea duparci" = Thamnasteria stony coral
"Thamnastraea schmidti" = Thamnasteria stony coral
"Thamnastraea dupasquieri" = Thamnasteria stony coral
"Thamnastraea favrei" = Thamnasteria stony coral
"Thamnastraea maeandra" = Thamnasteria maeandra Koby 1898 stony coral
"Astrocoenia triboleti" = Stereocaenia triboleti Koby 1896 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae
"Pleurosmilia renevieri" = Axosmilia renevieri
"Pleurosmilia renevieri" = Axosmilia renevieri Koby 1895 stony coral