Rotzo, Altipiano d'Asagio, Lithiotis Limestone (Jurassic of Italy)

Also known as Reef 574

Where: Italy (45.9° N, 11.4° E: paleocoordinates 32.3° N, 18.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rotzo Member (Calcari Grigi Formation), Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)

• possibly extending into the Toarcian

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. F. Geyer. 1977. Die "Lithiotis-Kalke" im Bereich der unterjurassischen Tethys [The "Lithiotis Limestones" in the Lower Jurassic Tethys realm]. Neues Jahrbuch fuer Geologie und Palaeontologie, Abhandlungen 153(3):304-340 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68352: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.01.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Synastraeidae
Synastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae
cf. Pinacophyllum sp. Frech 1890 stony coral
Stylophyllopsis ex gr. rudis Emmrich 1853 stony coral
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerineidae indet. Zittel 1873 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Lithiotis sp. Gümbel 1871 oyster
 Megalodontida - Megalodontidae
Megalodontidae indet. Morris 1853 clam
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805