Valfin-les-Saint-Claude, Jura, Franche-Compte: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cryptocoenia stelliserrata n. sp. Beauvais and Bernier 1981
Pseudocoenia octonaria d'Orbigny 1850
Beauvais 1964
recombined as Cryptocoenia octonaria
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Adelocoenia excelsa (Etallon 1858)
Beauvais 1964
Heliocoenia sp. Etallon 1859
Beauvais 1964
Alloiteaucoenia tumularis (Alloiteau 1948)
Beauvais 1964
synonym of Heliocoenia variabilis
Alloiteaucoenia sp. Beauvais 1964
Beauvais 1964
synonym of Heliocoenia
Alloiteaucoenia (Kobycoenia) claudiopolisensis Beauvais 1964
recombined as Heliocoenia claudiopolisensis
Stylina bernardina
Beauvais 1964
Stylina thurmanni
Beauvais 1964
Stylina sp. Lamarck 1816
Beauvais 1964
Stylina valfinensis Etallon 1860
Beauvais 1964
Stylina hirta de Fromentel 1861
Beauvais 1964
Cryptocoenia tabulata Koby 1881
Beauvais 1964
recombined as Stylina tabulata
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Allocoenia furcata Etallon 1859
Beauvais 1964
recombined as Actinastrea furcata
Allocoenia trochiformis Etallon 1864
Beauvais 1964
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Diplocoenia coespitosa (Etallon 1862)
Beauvais 1964
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
Pruvostastraea labyrinthiformis Alloiteau 1957
Beauvais 1964
Aplosmilia sp. d'Orbigny 1849
Beauvais 1964
Aplosmilia distans de Fromentel 1861
Beauvais 1964
Aplosmilia kobyi n. sp. Beauvais 1964
Beauvais 1964
Aplosmilia semisulcata (Michelin 1843)
Beauvais 1964
Psammogyra cotteaui
Beauvais 1964
var. expansa
Psammogyra valfinensis n. sp. Beauvais 1964
Beauvais 1964
Psammogyra caudata (Etallon 1858)
Beauvais 1964
Psammogyra petitclerci n. sp. Beauvais 1964
Beauvais 1964
Psammogyra choffati (Koby 1880)
Beauvais 1964
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Eugyridae
Myriophyllia rastellina (Michelin 1843)
Beauvais 1964
Myriophyllia angustata (d'Orbigny 1850)
Beauvais 1964
Myriophyllia petitclerci n. sp. Beauvais 1964
Beauvais 1964
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Solenocoeniidae
Adelocoenia semiradiata (Etallon 1864)
Beauvais 1964
recombined as Solenocoenia semiradiata
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Calamophylliopsis lombricalis (D'Orbigny 1850)
Beauvais 1964
Calamophylliopsis flabellum (de Blainville 1830)
Beauvais 1964
Epistreptophyllum bonjouri (Etallon 1862)
Beauvais 1964
Epistreptophyllum valfinensis (de Fromentel and Ferry 1865)
Beauvais 1964
Dermosmilia cespitosa
Beauvais 1964
Dermosmilia etalloni Koby 1884
Beauvais 1964
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Amphiastrea basaltiformis Etallon 1859
Beauvais 1964
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria dendroidea (Lamouroux 1821)
Beauvais 1964
Thamnasteria loryi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Beauvais 1964
Thamnasteria nicoleti Koby 1887
Beauvais 1964
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Ovalastrea crassa (Koby 1884)
Beauvais 1964
Ovalastrea michelini (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
Beauvais 1964
Ovalastrea cf. tenuistriata (Koby 1904)
Beauvais 1964
Latiastraea minima Koby 1885
Beauvais 1964
recombined as Latiastrea minima
Latiastraea foulassensis n. gen., n. sp. Beauvais 1964
Beauvais 1964
Latiastraea valfinensis Koby 1885
Beauvais 1964
recombined as Latiastrea valfinensis
Latiastraea variabilis Etallon 1858
Beauvais 1964
recombined as Latiastrea variabilis
Microphyllia contorta (Koby 1885)
Beauvais 1964
Microphyllia undans Etallon 1859
Beauvais 1964
Microphyllia corrugata (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849)
Beauvais 1964
recombined as Comophyllia corrugata
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolena fromenteli Koby 1887
Beauvais 1964
see common names

Geography
Country:France
Coordinates: 46.4° North, 5.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.4° North, 15.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Kimmeridgian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Late/Upper Kimmeridgian
Age range of interval:152.20000 - 149.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Calcaires de Valfin
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: coral patch reef in back-barrier-reef environment
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 459
Database number:68510
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-01-25 01:43:15 Last modified:2014-09-24 04:10:37
Access level:the public Released:2007-07-25 01:43:15
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

19746. 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]

Secondary references:

31416 L. Beauvais. 1964. Etude stratigraphique et paleontologique des formations a madreporaires du Jurassique superieur du Jura et de l'est du Basin de Paris. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France 100:1-288 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
52895 L. Beauvais. 1994. Sur le genre Heliocoenia Etallon, Scleractiniaire mésozoïque. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae Band 87 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]