Where: Italy (41.8° N, 14.0° E: paleocoordinates 28.7° N, 18.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ellipsactinia Limestones Formation, Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)
• Age given as Kimmeridgian-Tithonian. Based on upper Tithonian unconformity, this collection assigned to early Tithonian
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: G. Rusciadelli, C. Ricci, and B. Lathuilière. 2011. The Ellipsactinia Limestones of the Marsica area (Central Apennines): A reference zonation model for Upper Jurassic Intra-Tethys reef complexes. Sedimentary Geology 233:69-87 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 154046: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 24.01.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cyanophyceae | |
Bacinella sp. Radoicic 1959 | |
Lithocodium | |
Lithocodium sp. Elliott 1956 | |
unclassified | |
Demospongiae | |
Entobia sp. demosponge | |
Chaetetidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 chaetetid sponge | |
Anthozoa | |
Solenocoenia sexradiata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral | |
Dermosmilia laxata Etallon 1864 stony coral
Calamophylliopsis flabellum de Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
Clausastrea topalensis Roniewicz 1976 stony coral
Clausastrea eliasovae n. sp. Ricci et al. 2018 stony coral
Thecomeandra remesi Eliasova 1973 stony coral | |
Placophyllia cf. florosa Eliasova 1976 stony coral | |
Psammogyra valfinensis, Ogilvinella cf. morycowae, Pruvostastraea labyrinthiformis, Astreoidogyra giadae n. sp.
Psammogyra valfinensis Beauvais 1964 stony coral
Ogilvinella cf. morycowae Kolodziej 2003 stony coral
Pruvostastraea labyrinthiformis Alloiteau 1957 stony coral
Astreoidogyra giadae n. sp. Ricci et al. 2018 stony coral | |
? Heterocoenia cf. minutisima Reig 1997 stony coral | |
Intersmilia aff. diaboli Eliasova 1974 stony coral | |
Comoseris sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
Microsolena sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral | |
? Fungiastraea arachnoides Parkinson 1808 stony coral
? Ovalastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral | |
Pseudocoenia sp. d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
Cyathophora sp. Michelin 1843 stony coral
Cyathophora aff. parva Babaev 1964 stony coral
Cyathophora bourgueti Defrance 1826 stony coral | |
"Pseudocoenia decipiens" = Adelocoenia pistillum, "Pseudocoenia limbata" = Adelocoenia limbata, Eugyriopsis sinuosa, Stylina tubulosa, "Placophyllia tenuis" = Stylosmilia tenuis, Stylosmilia michelini, Stylosmilia octonaria, ? Heliocoenia sp., Heliocoenia sp., Heliocoenia variabilis, "Stylosmilia pumila" = Goniocora pumila
"Pseudocoenia decipiens" = Adelocoenia pistillum Fromentel 1861 stony coral
"Pseudocoenia limbata" = Adelocoenia limbata Goldfuss 1829 stony coral
Eugyriopsis sinuosa Ogilvie 1897 stony coral
Stylina tubulosa Goldfuss 1829 stony coral
"Placophyllia tenuis" = Stylosmilia tenuis Roniewicz 1976 stony coral
Stylosmilia michelini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Stylosmilia octonaria Roniewicz 1976 stony coral
? Heliocoenia sp. Etallon 1859 stony coral
Heliocoenia sp. Etallon 1859 stony coral
Heliocoenia variabilis Etallon 1859 stony coral
"Stylosmilia pumila" = Goniocora pumila Quenstedt 1852 stony coral | |
"Bracthelia collignoni" = Brachthelia, "Bracthelia rutimeyeri" = Brachthelia
"Bracthelia collignoni" = Brachthelia stony coral
"Bracthelia rutimeyeri" = Brachthelia stony coral | |
Thamnasteria cf. concinna Goldfuss 1826 stony coral | |
Amphiastrea basaltiformis Etallon 1859 stony coral
Thecidiosmilia morycowae Kolodziej 1995 stony coral
Amphiaulastrea sp. Geyer 1955 stony coral
Pleurophyllia cara Eliasova 1975 stony coral | |
Kobyphyllia cf. recta Koby 1884 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Tubiphytes morronensis | |
"Tubiphytes morronensis" = Crescentiella morronensis
"Tubiphytes morronensis" = Crescentiella morronensis Crescenti 1969 | |
Gastrochaenolites sp. Leymerie 1842
Trypanites sp. Mägdefrau 1932 | |
Wetheredellidae | |
Koskinobullina socialis Cherchi and Schroeder 1979 |