Osteno (Jurassic of Italy)

Where: Italy (46.0° N, 9.1° E: paleocoordinates 33.2° N, 15.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lombardische Kieselkalk Formation, Bucklandi (196.5 - 189.6 Ma)

• Lower Sinemurian, bucklandi zone. "Fossil remains are present throughout the whole thickness of the fossiliferous seies... The majority of these have been found between 1964 and 1979, without any precise indication of their position within the stratigraphic sequence"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, pyritic lime mudstone

• "poorly oxygenated sea bottom" with restricted circulation
• "grey spongolithic micrite, 4 m thick... microcrystalline calcite containing granules of pyrite, often altered into haematite, and diffuse limonitic material. The rock abounds in monaxon spicules of sponges and radiolarians, originally siliceous but now totally or partly replaced by calcite... The fossiliferous rock is extremely homogeneous; it is not stratified... No other sedimentary structures are present: there are no traces of cross lamination, grading, current patterns or bioturbation"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression, soft parts

Collected by G. Pinna in 1964 to 1979

• Museum of Natural History of Milan collection

Primary reference: G. Pinna. 1985. Exceptional preservation in the Jurassic of Osteno. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences 311:171-180 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90673: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 12.08.2009, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• specimen numbers are not given for individual low-level taxa
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Pagiophyllum sp. Heer 1881
Brachyphyllum sp. Brongniart 1828
Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Umkomasiaceae
Pachypteris sp. Brongniart 1828
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetites sp. Sternberg 1833
 Bennettitales -
Zamites sp. Brongniart 1828
Otozamites sp. Braun 1843
Cephalopoda
 Coleoidea -
Coleoidea indet. Bather 1888
 Ammonitida - Arietitidae
Coroniceras sp. Hyatt 1867 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Schlotheimiidae
"Sulciferites sp." = Angulaticeras
"Sulciferites sp." = Angulaticeras Lange 1924 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Ectocentrites sp. Canavari 1888 ammonite
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Polychaeta
 Phyllodocemorpha -
Melanoraphia maculata n. gen. n. sp.
Melanoraphia maculata n. gen. n. sp.
Enoplea
 Desmoscolecida - Eophasmidae
Eophasma jurasicum n. gen. n. sp.
Eophasma jurasicum n. gen. n. sp. Arduini et al. 1983
Malacostraca
 Eumalacostraca -
Stomatopoda indet. Latreille mantis shrimp
 Decapoda - Mecochiridae
Mecochirus germari n. sp.3 Garassino 1996 decapod
 Decapoda - Glypheidae
Glyphea tricarinata n. sp.3 Garassino 1996 decapod
 Decapoda - Litogastroidae
Pseudoglyphea ancylochelis3 Woodward 1863 decapod
 Decapoda - Erymidae
Phlyctisoma sinemuriana n. sp.3, "Eryma meyeri n. sp." = Palaeastacus meyeri3
Phlyctisoma sinemuriana n. sp.3 Garassino 1996 decapod
"Eryma meyeri n. sp." = Palaeastacus meyeri3 Garassino 1996 decapod
 Decapoda - Coleiidae
Coleia sp. Broderip 1835 decapod
 Decapoda - Aegeridae
Aeger macropus n. sp.4 Garassino and Teruzzi 1990 decapod
Aeger robustus n. sp.4 Garassino and Teruzzi 1990 decapod
Aeger muensteri n. sp.4 Garassino and Teruzzi 1990 decapod
Aeger foersteri n. sp.4 Garassino and Teruzzi 1990 decapod
Aeger rostrospinatus n. sp.4 Garassino and Teruzzi 1990 decapod
Aeger elongatus n. sp.4 Garassino and Teruzzi 1990 decapod
Thylacocephala
 Conchyliocarida - Ostenocarididae
Ostenocaris cypriformis n. gen. n. sp.
Ostenocaris cypriformis n. gen. n. sp. Arduini et al. 1980
Ophiuroidea
 Ophiacanthida - Ophiodermatidae
Palaeocoma sp. d'Orbigny 1850 brittle star
Enteropneusta
  - Harrimaniidae
Megaderaion sinemuriense n. gen. n. sp.
Megaderaion sinemuriense n. gen. n. sp.
Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes -
Hybodontiformes indet. elasmobranch
"hybodont sharks"
 Euselachii - Ostenoselachidae
Ostenoselache stenosoma n. gen. n. sp.2
Ostenoselache stenosoma n. gen. n. sp.2 Duffin 1998 elasmobranch
"new genus" that is "eel-shaped"
 Squalorajiformes - Squalorajidae
Squaloraja polyspondyla Agassiz 1836 chimaera
 Chimaeriformes - Myriacanthidae
Myriacanthidae indet.1 Woodward 1889 chimaera
MSNM V635
Osteichthyes
 Ionoscopiformes - Furidae
Furo sp. Gistl 1848 ray-finned fish
Coelacanthimorpha
 Coelacanthiformes -
Coelacanthiformes indet. Berg 1937 coelacanth
scales
Actinopteri
 Holostei - Dapediidae
Dapedium sp. Leach 1822
 Pholidophoriformes - Pholidophoridae
Pholidolepis sp. Nybelin 1966
Pholidophorus sp. Agassiz 1832
 Neopterygii -
Placopleurus sp. Brough 1939
Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes -
Cosmolepis sp. Egerton 1858
 Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
Pteroniscus sp. Berg 1949