Caporalino, Caporalino Limestone, Corse (Jurassic of France)

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

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylina micrommata Quenstedt 1857 stony coral
Stylohelia coalescens Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae
Cladophyllia dichotoma Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
? Isastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Dermosmilia sp. Koby 1884 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
? Cheilosmilia sp. Koby 1888 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
"Aplosmilia crassa" = Dendrosmilia crassa
"Aplosmilia crassa" = Dendrosmilia crassa Reuss 1854 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolena sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
 Scleractinia -
? Ebrayia sp. Ferry 1870 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Microphyllia sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral