Pieia, Monte Nerone (Jurassic of Italy)

Where: Italy (43.6° N, 12.5° E: paleocoordinates 30.7° N, 18.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Calcari ad aptici e Saccocoma Formation, Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

• semiforme zone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone

• basin-margin proximal to pelagic carbonate platform (intrabasinal high), upper slope
• nodular level

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84817: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.11.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Kobya monteneronensis
Kobya monteneronensis Gill et al. 2004 stony coral