Champs de Leffond, Charcenne (Jurassic of France)

Also known as Reef 4021

Where: Franche-Comte, France (47.3° N, 5.8° E: paleocoordinates 38.3° N, 15.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

• Sequanian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• small reef

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 93102: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.01.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cryptocoenia pistillum Fromentel 1864 stony coral
Cryptocoenia brevis de Fromentel 1865 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
"Cryptocoenia splendens" = Adelocoenia splendens, "Cryptocoenia fromenteli n. sp." = Adelocoenia splendens, Adelocoenia meriani, Psammohelia aspera, Psammohelia gibbosa, Psammohelia dendroidea, Stylina tubulifera, Stylina microcoenia, "Cryptocoenia insignis" = Stylina insignis, "Stylina coalescens" = Stylohelia coalescens
"Cryptocoenia splendens" = Adelocoenia splendens de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
"Cryptocoenia fromenteli n. sp." = Adelocoenia splendens de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Adelocoenia meriani Koby 1881 stony coral
Psammohelia aspera stony coral
Psammohelia gibbosa de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Psammohelia dendroidea de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Stylina tubulifera Phillips 1829 stony coral
Stylina microcoenia de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
"Cryptocoenia insignis" = Stylina insignis de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
"Stylina coalescens" = Stylohelia coalescens Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Synastraeidae
Synastrea delemontana Koby 1887 stony coral
Synastrea dubia de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Astraraea charcennensis de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Smilotrochiidae
Paramontlivaltia charcennensis de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria communis de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Thamnasteria concinna Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pachyphylliidae
Columnocoenia gemmans de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Columnocoenia lifolensis Michelin 1843 stony coral
Columnocoenia sulcata Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Columnocoenia grandiflora de Fromentel 1861 stony coral