Gilley (Jurassic of France)

Where: Franche-Comte, France (47.1° N, 6.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 30.5° N, 23.1° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

• Sequanian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. Beauvais. 1964. Etude stratigraphique et paléontologique des formations à madréporaires du Jurassique supérieur du Jura et de l'est du Bassin de Paris. Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France 100:1-288 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/B. Lathuilière]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 93095: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.01.2010

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria coquandi Étallon 1859 stony coral
Thamnasteria communis de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Comoseridae
Microsolena fromenteli Koby 1887 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Comophyllia variabilis Koby 1886 stony coral
Microphyllia curtata Etallon and Thurmann 1864 stony coral
Ovalastrea michelini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Ovalastrea crassa Étallon 1859 stony coral
"Latiastraea variabilis" = Latiastrea variabilis Étallon 1859 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Smilotrochiidae
Aulophyllia excelsa de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Allocoenia trochiformis Etallon 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Diplocoenia sanctimihieli Michelin 1843 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylina tubulifera, "Alloiteaucoenia tumularis" = Heliocoenia variabilis
Stylina tubulifera Phillips 1829 stony coral
"Alloiteaucoenia tumularis" = Heliocoenia variabilis Étallon 1859 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Aplosmiliidae
Rhipidogyra cf. costata Becker 1875 stony coral