PBDB Collection

Valfin-les-Saint-Claude, Jura, Franche-Compte (Jurassic of France)

Also known as Reef 459

Where: France (46.4° N, 5.9° E: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 15.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Calcaires de Valfin Formation, Late/Upper Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• coral patch reef in back-barrier-reef environment

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: L. Beauvais and P. Bernier. 1981. Nouvelles especes de madreporaires dans le Kimmeridgien Superieur du Jura (France) [New Upper Kimmeridgian scleractinian corals from the French Jura]. Geobios 14(2):173-189 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68510: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 25.01.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae	Pruvostastraea labyrinthiformis, Psammogyra cotteaui, Psammogyra valfinensis n. sp., Psammogyra petitclerci n. sp., Psammogyra choffati, Psammogyra caudata, Aplosmilia sp., Aplosmilia kobyi n. sp., Aplosmilia distans, Aplosmilia semisulcata Pruvostastraea labyrinthiformis Alloiteau 1957 stony coral Psammogyra cotteaui stony coral var. expansa Psammogyra valfinensis n. sp. Beauvais 1964 stony coral Psammogyra petitclerci n. sp. Beauvais 1964 stony coral Psammogyra choffati Koby 1880 stony coral Psammogyra caudata Etallon 1858 stony coral Aplosmilia sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral Aplosmilia kobyi n. sp. Beauvais 1964 stony coral Aplosmilia distans de Fromentel 1861 stony coral Aplosmilia semisulcata Michelin 1843 stony coral
Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae	Thamnasteria loryi, Thamnasteria dendroidea, Thamnasteria nicoleti Thamnasteria loryi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral Thamnasteria dendroidea Lamouroux 1821 stony coral Thamnasteria nicoleti Koby 1887 stony coral
Scleractinia - Actinastreidae	"Allocoenia furcata" = Actinastrea furcata, Allocoenia trochiformis "Allocoenia furcata" = Actinastrea furcata Etallon 1859 stony coral Allocoenia trochiformis Etallon 1864 stony coral
Scleractinia - Acroporidae	Diplocoenia coespitosa Diplocoenia coespitosa Etallon 1862 stony coral
Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae	Calamophylliopsis lombricalis, Calamophylliopsis flabellum, Epistreptophyllum bonjouri, Epistreptophyllum valfinensis, Dermosmilia cespitosa, Dermosmilia etalloni Calamophylliopsis lombricalis D'Orbigny 1850 stony coral Calamophylliopsis flabellum de Blainville 1830 stony coral Epistreptophyllum bonjouri Etallon 1862 stony coral Epistreptophyllum valfinensis de Fromentel and Ferry 1865 stony coral Dermosmilia cespitosa stony coral Dermosmilia etalloni Koby 1884 stony coral
Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae	Amphiastrea basaltiformis Amphiastrea basaltiformis Etallon 1859 stony coral
Scleractinia - Microsolenidae	Microsolena fromenteli Microsolena fromenteli Koby 1887 stony coral
Scleractinia - Latomeandridae	Latiastraea foulassensis n. gen. n. sp., "Latiastraea minima" = Latiastrea minima, "Latiastraea variabilis" = Latiastrea variabilis, "Latiastraea valfinensis" = Latiastrea valfinensis, Ovalastrea crassa, Ovalastrea michelini, Ovalastrea cf. tenuistriata, "Microphyllia corrugata" = Comophyllia corrugata, Microphyllia contorta, Microphyllia undans Latiastraea foulassensis n. gen. n. sp. Beauvais 1964 stony coral "Latiastraea minima" = Latiastrea minima Koby 1885 stony coral "Latiastraea variabilis" = Latiastrea variabilis Etallon 1858 stony coral "Latiastraea valfinensis" = Latiastrea valfinensis Koby 1885 stony coral Ovalastrea crassa Koby 1884 stony coral Ovalastrea michelini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral Ovalastrea cf. tenuistriata Koby 1904 stony coral "Microphyllia corrugata" = Comophyllia corrugata Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral Microphyllia contorta Koby 1885 stony coral Microphyllia undans Etallon 1859 stony coral
Scleractinia - Eugyridae	Myriophyllia rastellina, Myriophyllia petitclerci n. sp., Myriophyllia angustata Myriophyllia rastellina Michelin 1843 stony coral Myriophyllia petitclerci n. sp. Beauvais 1964 stony coral Myriophyllia angustata d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
Scleractinia - Solenocoeniidae	"Adelocoenia semiradiata" = Solenocoenia semiradiata "Adelocoenia semiradiata" = Solenocoenia semiradiata Etallon 1864 stony coral
Scleractinia - Stylinidae	"Heliocoenia sp." = Heliocoenia, "Alloiteaucoenia sp." = Heliocoenia, "Alloiteaucoenia tumularis" = Heliocoenia variabilis, "Alloiteaucoenia (Kobycoenia) claudiopolisensis" = Heliocoenia claudiopolisensis, Adelocoenia excelsa, Stylina bernardina, Stylina thurmanni, Stylina sp., Stylina hirta, "Cryptocoenia tabulata" = Stylina tabulata, Stylina valfinensis "Heliocoenia sp." = Heliocoenia Etallon 1859 stony coral "Alloiteaucoenia sp." = Heliocoenia Etallon 1859 stony coral "Alloiteaucoenia tumularis" = Heliocoenia variabilis Etallon 1859 stony coral "Alloiteaucoenia (Kobycoenia) claudiopolisensis" = Heliocoenia claudiopolisensis Beauvais 1964 stony coral Adelocoenia excelsa Etallon 1858 stony coral Stylina bernardina stony coral Stylina thurmanni stony coral Stylina sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral Stylina hirta de Fromentel 1861 stony coral "Cryptocoenia tabulata" = Stylina tabulata Koby 1881 stony coral Stylina valfinensis Etallon 1860 stony coral
Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae	"Pseudocoenia octonaria" = Cryptocoenia octonaria, Cryptocoenia stelliserrata n. sp. "Pseudocoenia octonaria" = Cryptocoenia octonaria d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral Cryptocoenia stelliserrata n. sp. Beauvais and Bernier 1981 stony coral