Marsica region, Ellipsactinia Limestones, Corals and Chaetetids Unit (Jurassic of Italy)

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
  - Garwoodiaceae
Bacinella sp. Radoicic 1959
Lithocodium
  -
Lithocodium sp. Elliott 1956
unclassified
  -
Demospongiae
 Clavulina - Clionaidae
Entobia sp. demosponge
 Chaetetida - Chaetetidae
Chaetetidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 chaetetid sponge
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Solenocoeniidae
Solenocoenia sexradiata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Dermosmilia laxata Etallon 1864 stony coral
Calamophylliopsis flabellum de Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Clausastrea topalensis Roniewicz 1976 stony coral
Clausastrea eliasovae n. sp. Ricci et al. 2018 stony coral
Thecomeandra remesi Eliasova 1973 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Placophylliidae
Placophyllia cf. florosa Eliasova 1976 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
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
 Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
? Heterocoenia cf. minutisima Reig 1997 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Intersmiliidae
Intersmilia aff. diaboli Eliasova 1974 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Comoseris sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
Microsolena sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
? Fungiastraea arachnoides Parkinson 1808 stony coral
? Ovalastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
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
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
"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
 Scleractinia - Agatheliidae
"Bracthelia collignoni" = Brachthelia, "Bracthelia rutimeyeri" = Brachthelia
"Bracthelia collignoni" = Brachthelia stony coral
"Bracthelia rutimeyeri" = Brachthelia stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria cf. concinna Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Amphiastrea basaltiformis Etallon 1859 stony coral
Thecidiosmilia morycowae Kolodziej 1995 stony coral
Amphiaulastrea sp. Geyer 1955 stony coral
Pleurophyllia cara Eliasova 1975 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae
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
 Ichnofossils -
Gastrochaenolites sp. Leymerie 1842
Trypanites sp. Mägdefrau 1932
Wetheredellidae
  - Wetheredellidae
Koskinobullina socialis Cherchi and Schroeder 1979