Gilley (Jurassic of France)

Where: Franche-Comte, France (47.1° N, 6.5° E: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 15.6° 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

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 93095: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.01.2010

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
Rhipidogyra cf. costata Becker 1875 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria communis de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Thamnasteria coquandi Etallon 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Allocoenia trochiformis Etallon 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Diplocoenia sanctimihieli Michelin 1843 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Smilotrochiidae
Aulophyllia excelsa de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolena fromenteli Koby 1887 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
"Latiastraea variabilis" = Latiastrea variabilis Etallon 1858 stony coral
Ovalastrea crassa Koby 1884 stony coral
Ovalastrea michelini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Comophyllia variabilis Koby 1886 stony coral
Microphyllia curtata Etallon 1862 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
"Alloiteaucoenia tumularis" = Heliocoenia variabilis, Stylina tubulifera
"Alloiteaucoenia tumularis" = Heliocoenia variabilis Etallon 1859 stony coral
Stylina tubulifera Phillips 1829 stony coral