Also known as Reef 529
Where: Switzerland (47.3° N, 7.3° E: paleocoordinates 38.3° N, 16.3° E)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Bifurcatus zone, Vellerat Formation, Middle Oxfordian to Middle Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)
• Reef section includes bifurcatus and lower bimammatum zones
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified bafflestone and lithified framestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
• Emphasis on encrusting organisms
Primary reference: C. Dupraz and A. Strasser. 1999. Microbialites and micro-encrusters in shallow coral bioherms (Middle to Late Oxfordian, Swiss Jura Mountains). Facies 40:101-130 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 24200: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 02.08.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Cyanophyceae | |
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aff. Archaeolithoporella sp. Endo 1959 | |
Lithocodium aggregatum | |
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Bivalvia | |
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel | |
Stenolaemata | |
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Polychaeta | |
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Anthozoa | |
? Stylina sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Microsolena sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral | |
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Sphinctozoa indet. Steinmann 1882 | |
Demospongiae | |
Aka sp. De Laubenfels 1936 demosponge | |
Thaumatoporella sp. Pia 1927 | |
Rhodophyceae | |
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Foraminifera | |
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Alveosepta sp. Hottinger 1967 | |
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Tubothalamea | |
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Foraminifera | |
Ammobaculites sp. Cushman 1910 | |
Nodosariata | |
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Tubiphytes morronensis | |
"Tubiphytes morronensis" = Crescentiella morronensis
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