PBDB Collection

Saint-Gaultier, Creuse Valley (Jurassic of France)

Also known as Reef 3923

Where: Centre, France (46.6° N, 1.4° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 30.8° N, 22.4° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7 Ma)

• mostly from unit 4 of Benoist

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• corallian and reefal limestones and lagoonal facies (Fischer 1964)

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. Beauvais. 1972. Contribution a l'etude de la faune bathonienne dans la vallee de la Creuse (Indre): madreporaires [The Bathonian fauna in the Creuse Valley (Indre): corals]. Annales de Paleontologie, Invertebres 58(1):33-97 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85965: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.01.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae	Mesomorpha pesudomammosa n. sp., Thamnasteria mammosa, Thamnasteria mettensis Mesomorpha pesudomammosa n. sp. Beauvais 1972 stony coral Thamnasteria mammosa Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral Thamnasteria mettensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae	Isastrea nantuacumensis, Isastrea excentrica n. sp., Isastrea limitata Isastrea nantuacumensis Beauvais 1966 stony coral Isastrea excentrica n. sp. Beauvais 1972 stony coral Isastrea limitata Michelin 1846 stony coral
Scleractinia - Pamiroseriidae	Ampakabastraea contorta Ampakabastraea contorta Koby 1906 stony coral
Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae	Axosmilia benoisti, Axosmilia extinctorium Axosmilia benoisti Koby 1906 stony coral Axosmilia extinctorium Michelin 1841 stony coral
Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae	Lochmaeosmilia radiata, Polymorphastraea variabilis Lochmaeosmilia radiata Lamouroux 1821 stony coral Polymorphastraea variabilis Koby 1906 stony coral
Scleractinia - Andemantastraeidae	Andemantastraea gaultierensis Andemantastraea gaultierensis Koby 1906 stony coral
Scleractinia - Acrosmiliidae	Acrosmilia flouesti Acrosmilia flouesti de Fromentel and Ferry 1867 stony coral
Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae	Cladophylliopsis alternicosta n. gen., "Protethmos griesbachi" = Epistreptophyllum griesbachi, ? Epistreptophyllum pararticulatum n. sp. Cladophylliopsis alternicosta n. gen. Koby 1906 stony coral "Protethmos griesbachi" = Epistreptophyllum griesbachi Gregory 1900 stony coral ? Epistreptophyllum pararticulatum n. sp. Beauvais 1972 stony coral
Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae	Astraraea globosa Astraraea globosa Koby 1906 stony coral
Scleractinia - Comoseridae	Microsolena regularis, Microsolena piriformis n. sp., Chomatoseris orbulites, Chomatoseris hemispherica, Dendraraea excelsa, Dimorpharaea lentiformis, Trochoplegma ? moneta, Trochoplegma fungiformis Microsolena regularis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral Microsolena piriformis n. sp. Beauvais 1972 stony coral Chomatoseris orbulites Lamouroux 1821 stony coral Chomatoseris hemispherica Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral Dendraraea excelsa Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral Dimorpharaea lentiformis Koby 1906 stony coral Trochoplegma ? moneta Koby 1886 stony coral Trochoplegma fungiformis Gregory 1900 stony coral
Scleractinia - Latomeandridae	Comophyllia polymorpha, Dimorphastrea cosmanni, Trigerastraea irregularis, Collignonastraea grossouvrei n. sp., Digitosmilia fischeri n. gen. n. sp. Comophyllia polymorpha Koby 1906 stony coral Dimorphastrea cosmanni Koby 1906 stony coral Trigerastraea irregularis Koby 1906 stony coral Collignonastraea grossouvrei n. sp. Beauvais 1972 stony coral Digitosmilia fischeri n. gen. n. sp. Beauvais 1972 stony coral
Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae	Montlivaltia kachensis, Montlivaltia stueri n. sp., Montlivaltia gregoryi, Montlivaltia frustriformis, ? Montlivaltia cosmanni, Montlivaltia cornutiformis Montlivaltia kachensis Gregory 1900 stony coral Montlivaltia stueri n. sp. Beauvais 1972 stony coral Montlivaltia gregoryi Alloiteau 1958 stony coral Montlivaltia frustriformis Gregory 1900 stony coral ? Montlivaltia cosmanni Koby 1906 stony coral Montlivaltia cornutiformis Gregory 1900 stony coral
Scleractinia - Actinastreidae	"Allocoeniopsis oolitica" = Allocoeniopsis luciensis, Allocoeniopsis expansa, Allocoenia plana n. sp. "Allocoeniopsis oolitica" = Allocoeniopsis luciensis d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral Allocoeniopsis expansa Tomes 1878 stony coral Allocoenia plana n. sp. Beauvais 1972 stony coral
Scleractinia - Stylinidae	"Pseudocoenia delaunayi" = Adelocoenia tenuistriata, "Pseudocoenia kobyi n. sp." = Adelocoenia tenuistriata, Stylina dendroidea, Stylina oolitica "Pseudocoenia delaunayi" = Adelocoenia tenuistriata Koby 1889 stony coral "Pseudocoenia kobyi n. sp." = Adelocoenia tenuistriata Koby 1889 stony coral Stylina dendroidea Koby 1906 stony coral Stylina oolitica Koby 1906 stony coral