Porto di Canal Grande, Planu Sartu buildups (Cambrian of Italy)

Also known as Reef 1750

Where: Sardegna, Italy (39.3° N, 8.4° E: paleocoordinates 48.6° S, 113.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Planu Sartu Formation (Gonnesa Group), Botomian (516.0 - 512.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• blocks of microbial-archaeocyath buildups within breccias

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: A. Perejon, M. Fröhler, T. Bechstädt, E. Moreno-Eiris, and M. Boni. 2000. Archaeocyathan assemblages from the Gonnesa Group, Lower Cambrian (Sardinia, Italy) and their sedimentologic context. Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 39(3):257-291 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 81035: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.05.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Archaeocyatha
 Archaeocyathida - Loculicyathidae
Neoloculicyathus sp.
Neoloculicyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Archaeopharetridae
Protopharetra circula, Protopharetra polymorpha, Protopharetra sp.
Protopharetra circula archaeocyath sponge
Protopharetra polymorpha archaeocyath sponge
Protopharetra sp. Bornemann 1884 archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Coscinocyathidae
Coscinocyathus dianthus
Coscinocyathus dianthus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Kymbecyathidae
? Urcyathus sp.
? Urcyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ethmocyathidae
? Carpicyathus sp., Rasetticyathus acutus
? Carpicyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
Rasetticyathus acutus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ajacicyathidae
Nochoroicyathus carteretensis, Nochoroicyathus oblongus n. sp.
Nochoroicyathus carteretensis archaeocyath sponge
Nochoroicyathus oblongus n. sp. Perejon et al. 2000 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Sajanocyathidae
? Sajanocyathus sp.
? Sajanocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Fallocyathidae
? Fallocyathus canalgrandensis n. sp.
? Fallocyathus canalgrandensis n. sp. Perejon et al. 2000 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Asterocyathidae
? Erismacoscinus sp., Erismacoscinus elongatus, Erismacoscinus bornemanni n. sp., Antoniocoscinus sardicus n. sp.
? Erismacoscinus sp. Debrenne 1958 archaeocyath sponge
Erismacoscinus elongatus archaeocyath sponge
Erismacoscinus bornemanni n. sp. Perejon et al. 2000 archaeocyath sponge
Antoniocoscinus sardicus n. sp. Perejon et al. 2000 archaeocyath sponge