Liesbergmühli (Jurassic of Switzerland)

Also known as Reef 1339

Where: Switzerland (47.4° N, 7.4° E: paleocoordinates 38.4° N, 16.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: vertebrale ammonoid zone, Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

• Lower Argovian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• marls with intercalations of reefal limestones

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 93153: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.01.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
"Cryptocoenia michelini" = Adelocoenia limbata
"Cryptocoenia michelini" = Adelocoenia limbata Goldfuss 1829 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea greppini, Isastrea aff. helianthoides, Isastrea tenuisepta, "Thecosmilia trichotoma" = Thecosmilia densa, Montlivaltia gyensis, Montlivaltia cartieri
Isastrea greppini Koby 1885 stony coral
Isastrea aff. helianthoides Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Isastrea tenuisepta Koby 1885 stony coral
"Thecosmilia trichotoma" = Thecosmilia densa Fromentel 1870 stony coral
Montlivaltia gyensis de Fromentel 1860 stony coral
Montlivaltia cartieri Koby 1884 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Synastraeidae
Synastrea delemontana
Synastrea delemontana Koby 1887 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Meandraraea gresslyi
Meandraraea gresslyi Etallon 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria cf. loryi
Thamnasteria cf. loryi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
"Protoseris fromenteli" = Latomeandra fromenteli
"Protoseris fromenteli" = Latomeandra fromenteli Koby 1885 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Dimorpharaea expansa, Dimorpharaea koechlini, Microsolena sp., Microsolena caesaris, Microsolena cf. fromenteli
Dimorpharaea expansa Solomko 1888 stony coral
Dimorpharaea koechlini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral
Microsolena sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
Microsolena caesaris Koby 1887 stony coral
Microsolena cf. fromenteli Koby 1887 stony coral