Helmsdale, Scotland (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (58.1° N, 3.7° W: paleocoordinates 48.7° N, 6.2° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Boulder Beds Member, Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• age doubtful

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. E. Negus. 1983. Distribution of the British Jurassic corals. Proceedings of the Geologists` Association 94(3):251-257 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/B. Brenneis]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 42343: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Benjamin Brenneis on 28.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Thecosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Enallocoenia callomoni Beauvais 1977 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Pseudodiplocoenia oblonga, "Connectastrea sp." = Amphiastrea
Pseudodiplocoenia oblonga Fleming 1827 stony coral
"Connectastrea sp." = Amphiastrea Etallon 1859 stony coral