Le Mejanel section, level 1 (Jurassic of France)

Where: France (43.8° N, 3.6° E: paleocoordinates 34.7° N, 13.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• Age given as Portlandian - calcaires a Macroporella pygmaea

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• beige limestones rich in algae and agglutinated foraminifers

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: J. Alloiteau and P. Bernier. 1969. Amphiphora serannensis nov. gen, nov. sp., nouveau genre de Madréporaire du Jurassique terminal de la bordure méridionle des Cévennes. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France ser. 7 11(6):925-928 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78570: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 10.02.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Two levels with corals indicated but combined in text and this collection
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Demospongiae
 Axinellida - Cladocoropsidae
Cladocoropsis mirabilis Felix 1907 demosponge
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Amphiphora serannensis n. gen. n. sp.
Amphiphora serannensis n. gen. n. sp. Alloiteau and Bernier 1969 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae
Cladophyllia picteti Etallon 1858 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Calamophylliopsis flabellum de Blainville 1830 stony coral