Ponte Serra, PS 6B (Jurassic of Italy)

Where: Italy (45.9° N, 8.6° E: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 18.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Fonzaso Formation, Late/Upper Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified, green, cherty/siliceous wackestone

• Trento Plateau
• Green silicified limestone

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original silica

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, hydroflouric, sieve,

• Hydrofluoride acid preparation

Primary reference: W. Kiessling. 1995. Palökologische Verwertbarkeit oberjurassisch-unterkretazischer Radiolarienfaunen mit Beispielen aus Antarktis, Oman und Südalpen. Unpublished Ph.D. University of Erlangen, Germany 1-465 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 47166: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 16.02.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Radiolarians only
Protozoa
 Radiolaria - Actinommidae
Acanthosphaera "sp. D" Ehrenberg 1859 radiolarian
Staurosphaera antiqua Rüst 1885 radiolarian
Actinomma "sp. B" Haeckel 1862 radiolarian
group
 Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae
? Haliodictya hojnosi Riedel and Sanfilippo 1974 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae
Orbiculiforma aff. lowreyensis Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
? Paronaella trifoliacea Ozvoldova 1992 radiolarian
Archaeotriastrum mostleri Kiessling 1995 radiolarian
Angulobracchia biordinalis Ozvoldova 1984 radiolarian
Angulobracchia digitata Baumgartner 1980 radiolarian
? Angulobracchia portmanni Baumgartner 1984 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Patulibracchiidae
Halesium lineatum Jud 1994 radiolarian
Homoeoparonaella gigantea Baumgartner 1980 radiolarian
[entered as Homoeoparonaella giganthea]
Homoeoparonaella elegans Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Archaeospongoprunidae
Archaeospongoprunum imlayi Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
Tetrarectangulum spinosum Steiger 1992 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Parvivaccidae
Acaeniotyle umbilicata Rüst 1898 radiolarian
Praeconosphaera spinosa Yang 1993 radiolarian
Praeconosphaera tuberosa Tan Sin Hok 1927 radiolarian
Acastea diaphorogona Foreman 1973 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Tritrabidae
Tritrabs casmaliaensis Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Tritrabs exotica Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Tritrabs rhododactylus Baumgartner 1980 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Emiluviidae
Emiluvia salensis Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Emiluvia pessagnoi Foreman 1973 radiolarian
Emiluvia sedecimporata Rüst 1885 radiolarian
Emiluvia orea Baumgartner 1980 radiolarian
Emiluvia chica Foreman 1973 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
"Acanthocircus dicranacanthos" = Dicerosaturnalis dicranacanthos Squinabol radiolarian
Acanthocircus suboblongus Yao 1972 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
Perispyridium ordinarium Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Unumidae
Protunuma japonicus Matsuoka and Yao 1985 radiolarian
originally written japonica
 Nassellaria - Archaeodictyomitridae
Thanarla ex gr. brouweri Tan Sin Hok 1927 radiolarian
Archaeodictyomitra shengi Yang 1993 radiolarian
Archaeodictyomitra excellens Tan Sin Hok 1927 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Hsuidae
Hsuum cf. cuestaense Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Hsuum aff. cuestaense Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Hsuum mclaughlini Pessagno and Blome 1984 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
Napora aff. latissima Takemura 1986 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Williriedellidae
Tricolocapsa campana Kiessling 1995 radiolarian
Complexapora tirolica Kiessling 1992 radiolarian
Zhamoidellum ovum Dumitrica 1970 radiolarian
Zhamoidellum ventricosum Dumitrica 1970 radiolarian
Cryptamphorella aff. conara Foreman 1968 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae
Podocapsa amphitreptera Foreman 1973 radiolarian
ssp. amphitreptera
Podobursa triacantha Fischli 1916 radiolarian
ssp. polyacantha
Podobursa triacantha Fischli 1916 radiolarian
ssp. triacantha
Syringocapsa lata Yang 1993 radiolarian
Syringocapsa lombardica Parona 1890 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
"Parvicingula ex gr. boesii" = Tethysetta boesii Parona 1890 radiolarian
"Parvicingula aff. boesii" = Tethysetta boesii Parona 1890 radiolarian
Praeparvicingula aff. cosmoconica Foreman 1973 radiolarian
Morphotype II
"Hsuum okamurai" = Wrangellium okamurai Mizutani 1981 radiolarian
Parvicingula mashitaensis Mizutani 1981 radiolarian
Parvicingula dhimenaensis Baumgartner 1984 radiolarian
Ristola altissima Rüst 1885 radiolarian
Mirifusus chenodes Renz 1974 radiolarian
Mirifusus mediodilatatus Rüst 1885 radiolarian
ssp. globosus
Mirifusus mediodilatatus Rüst 1885 radiolarian
ssp. mediodilatatus
 Nassellaria - Canoptidae
Cinguloturris carpatica Dumitrica and Mello 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Spongocapsulidae
Obesacapsula rotunda Hinde 1900 radiolarian
Obesacapsula verbana Parona 1890 radiolarian
Spongocapsula dumitricai Widz and De Wever 1993 radiolarian
Spongocapsula palmerae Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Poulpidae
Saitoum levium De Wever 1981 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Sethocapsidae
? Sethocapsa fabii Cortese 1993 radiolarian
Sethocapsa aff. cometa Pantanelli 1880 radiolarian
Sethocapsa zinckeni Rüst 1885 radiolarian
Sethocapsa dorysphaeroides Neviani 1900 radiolarian
Sethocapsa leiostraca Foreman 1973 radiolarian
Sethocapsa sphaerica Ozvoldova 1988 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiellidae
? Eucyrtidiellum "sp. D" Baumgartner 1984 radiolarian
Eucyrtidiellum ptyctum Riedel and Sanfilippo 1974 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Xitidae
Neorelumbra buwaydahensis Kiessling 1995 radiolarian
Xitus "sp. A" Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Pseudodictyomitridae
? Loopus "sp. B" Yang 1993 radiolarian
Loopus primitivus Matsuoka and Yao 1985 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae
Cyrtocapsa crescenda Kiessling 1995 radiolarian
Pseudoeucyrtis reticularis Matsuoka and Yao 1985 radiolarian
Pseudoeucyrtis aff. reticularis Matsuoka and Yao 1985 radiolarian
Stichocapsa aff. convexa Yao 1979 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtiidae
? Theocorys pulchella Rüst 1898 radiolarian
 Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae
Suna echiodes Foreman 1973 radiolarian
Triactoma jonesi Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Triactoma kellumi Pessagno et al. 1989 radiolarian
Triactoma hidalgoensis Pessagno et al. 1989 radiolarian
Archaeocenosphaera micropora Rüst 1898 radiolarian
Archaeocenosphaera gregaria Rüst 1885 radiolarian