Malancourt, Lorraine, France (Jurassic of France)

Also known as Reef 505

Where: France (49.2° N, 6.1° E: paleocoordinates 38.8° N, 15.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Bajocian (171.6 - 168.4 Ma)

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

Primary reference: A. Hallam. 1975. Coral patch reefs in the Bajocian (Middle Jurassic) of Lorraine. Geological Magazine 112:383-392 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 21269: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 24.06.2002, edited by Benjamin Brenneis

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Stephanoceratidae
Teloceras sp. ammonite
 Belemnitida - Megateuthididae
Megateuthis sp. Bayle 1878 belemnite
Gastropoda
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Bourguetia striata Sowerby 1812 snail
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
? Amberleya sp. Morris and Lycett 1851 snail
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
"Lopha gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum, "Lopha marshii" = Actinostreon marshi
"Lopha gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
"Lopha marshii" = Actinostreon marshi Sowerby 1814 oyster
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma cf. rodburgensis Whidborne 1883 file clam
Pseudolimea duplicata Sowerby 1814 file clam
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis ? fibrosa Laube 1867 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
"Entolium demissum" = Entolium demissus
"Entolium demissum" = Entolium demissus Phillips 1835 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Velata tegulata" = Eopecten, Chlamys viminea
"Velata tegulata" = Eopecten scallop
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
 Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae
 Terebratulida - Lissajousithyrididae
"Lobothyris buckmani" = Monsardithyris buckmani
"Lobothyris buckmani" = Monsardithyris buckmani Davidson 1851
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Echinoidea
 Euechinoidea - Hemicidaridae
Hemicidaris sp. Agassiz 1838 sea urchin
Pseudocidaris sp. sea urchin
 Calycina - Diplopodiidae
"Pseudodiadema sp." = Diplopodia (Pseudodiadema)
"Pseudodiadema sp." = Diplopodia (Pseudodiadema) Desor 1858 sea urchin
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Complexastrea zolleriana1 Quenstedt 1858 stony coral
C. mg zolleriana morphe major
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
? Stylosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Periseris elegantula2 d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria sp. LeSauvage 1823 stony coral
Thamnasteria mettensis2 Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral