Mnt Acuto (Jurassic of Italy)

Also known as cava Lucherini

Where: Italy (43.5° N, 12.7° E: paleocoordinates 30.6° N, 18.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; white limestone

• white limestones

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: U. Nicosia and G. Pallini. 1977. Hermatypic corals in the Tithonian pelagic facies of Central Apennines. Evidence of Upper Jurassic sea-level changes. Geologica Romana 16:243-261 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155052: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 28.03.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Phylloceras serum Oppel 1865 ammonite
"Phylloceras mediterraneum" = Holcophylloceras mediterraneum Neumayr 1871 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
 Ammonitida - Simoceratidae
 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Lytoceras sutile Oppel 1863 ammonite
Lytoceras polycyclum Neumayr 1871 ammonite
Lytoceras montanum Oppel 1865 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Protetragonitidae
Protetragonites quadrisulcatus d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
 Ammonitida - Haploceratidae
Haploceras elimatum Oppel 1870 ammonite
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Epistreptophyllum sp. Milaschewitsch 1876 stony coral