Ayton Reef, Yorkshire, England (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Reef 2637

Where: Yorkshire, United Kingdom (54.3° N, 0.5° W: paleocoordinates 45.0° N, 9.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone

• Thamnasteria biolithite, corals form 90% of rock

Collection methods: bulk

Primary reference: E. Insalaco. 1999. Facies and palaeoecology of Upper Jurassic (Middle Oxfordian) coral reefs in England. Facies 40:81-100 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22784: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 26.06.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria concinna
Thamnasteria concinna Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
up 1 m across
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea explanata, Rhabdophyllia sp.
Isastrea explanata Münster 1829 stony coral
Rhabdophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Polycidaridae
Paracidaris sp.
Paracidaris sp. pencil urchin
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Serpulimorpha indet.
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Nanogyra sp.
Nanogyra sp. Beurlen 1958 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Lopha sp.
Lopha sp. Röding 1798 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys sp.
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
 Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
Gastrochaena sp.
Gastrochaena sp. Spengler 1783 clam
Foraminifera
  -
Tentilenticulina sp.
 Lituolacea - Haplophragmoiidae
Placopsilina sp.
Placopsilina sp. d'Orbigny 1850
[entered as Placopsilima sp.]