Castiglione: Tithonian, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Comoseridae
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Kobya monteneronensis
Gill et al. 2004
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Geography
| Country: | Italy |
| Coordinates: | 42.4° North, 12.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 29.8° North, 18.1° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late Jurassic |
| Stage: | Tithonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tithonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 149.2 - 145 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Maiolica | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Tithonian/Berriasian boundary, base of the Maiolica Formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | deep subtidal shelf |
| Geology comments: pelagic carbonate platform (basinal high) top | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | peel or thin section,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 84821 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-11-13 07:26:30 | Last modified: | 2008-11-14 07:34:38 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2010-01-08 10:39:56 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28472. | G. A. Gill, M. Santantonio, and B. Lathuiliere. 2004. The depth of pelagic deposits in the Tethyan Jurassic and the use of corals: an example from the Apennines. Sedimentary Geology 166:311-334 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |