Also known as Reef 506
Where: France (42.4° N, 9.2° E: paleocoordinates 33.9° N, 17.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Caporalino Limestone Formation, Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: recrystallized
Primary reference: L. Beauvais and M. Rieuf. 1981. Decouverte de Madreporaires oxfordiens dans les calcaires de Caporalino (Corse) [Oxfordian Scleractinia in the Caporalino Limestones (Corse)]. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France, 7. series 23(4):353-359 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 68075: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.01.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Stylina micrommata Quenstedt 1857 stony coral
Stylohelia coalescens Goldfuss 1826 stony coral | |
Cladophyllia dichotoma Goldfuss 1826 stony coral | |
? Isastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral | |
Dermosmilia sp. Koby 1884 stony coral | |
? Cheilosmilia sp. Koby 1888 stony coral | |
"Aplosmilia crassa" = Dendrosmilia crassa
"Aplosmilia crassa" = Dendrosmilia crassa Reuss 1854 stony coral | |
Microsolena sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral | |
? Ebrayia sp. Ferry 1870 stony coral | |
Microphyllia sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral |