Also known as Reef 574
Where: Italy (45.9° N, 11.4° E: paleocoordinates 32.3° N, 18.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Rotzo Member (Calcari Grigi Formation), Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)
• possibly extending into the Toarcian
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: O. F. Geyer. 1977. Die "Lithiotis-Kalke" im Bereich der unterjurassischen Tethys [The "Lithiotis Limestones" in the Lower Jurassic Tethys realm]. Neues Jahrbuch fuer Geologie und Palaeontologie, Abhandlungen 153(3):304-340 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 68352: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.01.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Brachiopoda | |
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 | |
Bivalvia | |
Megalodontidae indet. Morris 1853 clam | |
Lithiotis sp. Gümbel 1871 oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
Nerineidae indet. Zittel 1873 snail | |
Anthozoa | |
Synastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Isastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral | |
cf. Pinacophyllum sp. Frech 1890 stony coral
Stylophyllopsis ex gr. rudis Emmrich 1853 stony coral |