La Sentinella reef complex, Serra Scoris, Upper Bioherm D (Cambrian of Italy)

Also known as Reef 1746

Where: Italy (39.3° N, 8.5° E: paleocoordinates 48.7° S, 113.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Matoppa Formation (Nebida Group), Lenian (516.0 - 510.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

• facies D: cement-supported Renalcis dendrolitic boundstone with archaeocyaths

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: A. Gandin, F. Debrenne, and M. Debrenne. 2007. Anatomy of the Early Cambrian La Sentinella reef complex, Serra Scoris, SW Sardinia, Italy. in J. J. Alvaro, M. Aretz, F. Boulvain, A. Munnecke, D. Vachard, E. Vennin, eds., Palaeozoic reefs and bioaccumulations: climatic and evolutionary controls. Geological Society Special Publication 275:29-50 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 76115: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.11.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Botomaella
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Botomaella sp. Korde 1958
Archaeocyatha
 Ajacicyathida - Ethmocyathidae
Inessocyathus spatiosus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Porocoscinidae
Tubicoscinus cupulosus archaeocyath sponge
Porocoscinus flexibilis archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Asterocyathidae
Erismacoscinus calathus archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Dictyocyathidae
Dictyocyathus tenerrimus archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Archaeopharetridae
Archaeopharetra ertashkaense archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Coscinocyathidae
Coscinocyathus dianthus archaeocyath sponge
Epiphyton
  - Ludloviaceae
Epiphyton sp. Bornemann 1886
Renalcis
  - Chabakoviacea
Renalcis sp. Vologdin 1932