Tierwis area, Alpstein, Canton of Appenzell (Cretaceous to of Switzerland)

Where: Switzerland (47.3° N, 9.3° E: paleocoordinates 32.5° N, 19.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rawil Member (Schrattenkalk Formation), Late/Upper Barremian to Late/Upper Barremian (130.0 - 122.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; sandy limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: R.C. Baron-Szabo. 2021. Upper Barremian-lower Aptian scleractinian corals of central Europe (Schrattenkalk Fm., Helvetic Zone, Austria, Germany, Switzerland). Zootaxa 4960:1-199 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 221475: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 09.08.2021

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cyathophora mirtschinkae Kuzmicheva 1972 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae
Cladophyllia conybearei Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Cladophyllia rollieri Koby 1888 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
Eugyra rariseptata Morycowa 1964 stony coral
Eugyra (Felixigyra) patruliusi Morycowa 1971 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Paraclausastrea kaufmanni Koby 1897 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Dermosmilia cf. laxata Etallon 1864 stony coral
? Dermosmilia tuapensis Baron-Szabo and Gonzalez-Leon 2003 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastrea subornata d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
Actinastrea pseudominima Koby 1897 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Ellipsocoenia haimei de Fromentel 1857 stony coral
Latomeandra cf. plicata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral