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New biological zonation of a late Jurassic coral reef complex (Lorraine, France)

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Late Jurassic coral assemblages and their ecological reef zonation (as a function of water depth) were studied in 490 m deep shafts dug for the underground laboratory of the French National Agency for Radioactive Waste Management (ANDRA). Based on a quantitative approach, several ecozones are distinguished. Identified ecozones represent evolution from the initiation of the reef during a shallowing of depositional environments to the end of the platform progradation in sheltered settings. Ecozones are defined by the most abundant genera Dimorpharaea, Microsolena, Rhabdophyllia, Comoseris, and Stylina. The slight differences between these coral associations when compared to regional outcrops can be explained by the more distal palaeogeographical location of the studied section, close to the platform margin. This study strengthens the zonation model proposed for coeval Oxfordian outcrops in the Jura Mountains with the exception that the Rhabdophyllia ecozone replaces the Dendraraea ecozone. Other comparisons are proposed and take into account the progress in coral taxonomy in the past 15 years.

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This study received the financial support of CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) and ANDRA (Agence Nationale pour les Déchets RAdioactifs) through the GdR FORPRO (Action 2001.II). We are grateful to all persons welcoming us at Bure and those who occasionally helped us collect fossils during the 5 years of the shaft sinking operations. We are thankful to the reviewers (A. Strasser and M. Nose) whose contributions improved the manuscript. We are also indebted to Rowan Martindale who read through the final manuscript to improve the quality of the English.

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The present work received the financial support of CNRS and ANDRA through the GdR FORPRO (Action 2001.II).

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  1. Lab. GeoRessources, Université de Lorraine, CNRS, UMR 7359, BP 70239, 54506, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy Cedex, France

    Bernard Lathuilière, Cédric Carpentier & Vincent Huault

  2. Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, IRD, INRAE, Coll France, CEREGE, Marseille, France

    Bertrand Martin-Garin

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Lathuilière, B., Carpentier, C., Huault, V. et al. New biological zonation of a late Jurassic coral reef complex (Lorraine, France). Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch) 110, 2203–2220 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-021-02070-4

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