Where: Italy (45.5° N, 11.0° E: paleocoordinates 32.2° N, 18.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Rotzo Member (Calcari Grigi Formation), Pliensbachian to Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.0 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, intraclastic, peloidal limestone and lignite
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: N. M. Fraser, D. J. Bottjer and A. G. Fischer. 2004. Dissecting "Lithiotis" Bivalves: Implications for the Early Jurassic Reef Eclipse. Palaios 19(1):51-67 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/B. Brenneis]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 42434: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Benjamin Brenneis on 29.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Globothalamea | |
Nodosariata | |
Frondicularia sp. Defrance 1824 | |
Foraminifera | |
Trocholina sp. Paalzow 1922 | |
Cyanophyceae | |
Cayeuxia sp. Frollo 1938 | |
unclassified | |
Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754 | |
Bivalvia | |
Lithioperna scutata clam | |
Mytiloperna sp. oyster
Gervilleioperna sp. Krumbeck 1923 oyster | |
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam | |
Pecten juhanus scallop | |
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Gastropoda | |
Nerinea sp. Deshayes 1827 snail |