Garzon di Scotto (Jurassic to of Italy)

Where: Italy (45.6° N, 11.1° E: paleocoordinates 32.2° N, 18.8° 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

• Rotzo Member is comprised mainly of oolitic, peloidal, bioclastic and intraclastic limestones; marls and clays are common with occasional lignites

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 42479: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Benjamin Brenneis on 30.07.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
 Thaumatoporellales -
Globothalamea
 Loftusiida - Spirocyclinidae
Foraminifera
 Involutinina - Trocholinidae
Trocholina sp. Paalzow 1922
 Involutinina - Involutinidae
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Frondicularia sp. Defrance 1824
Foraminifera
 Lituolacea - Mayncinidae
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Oppelismiliidae
Oppelismilia sp. Duncan 1867 stony coral
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Lithiotis problematica Gümbel 1871 oyster
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerinea sp. Deshayes 1827 snail
unclassified
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