Podpec, Ljubljana, Lithiotis Limestone (Jurassic of Slovenia)

Also known as Reef 575

Where: Slovenia (46.0° N, 14.4° E: paleocoordinates 31.0° N, 20.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)

• group of beds-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 68358: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.01.2007, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Foraminifera
  -
"Opthalmidium sp." = Ophthalmidium
"Opthalmidium sp." = Ophthalmidium Kübler and Zwingli 1870
Globothalamea
 Loftusiida - Spirocyclinidae
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
 Loftusiacea - Cyclamminidae
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Glomospira sp. Rzehak 1895
 Textulariina - Orbitopsellidae
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
 Thaumatoporellales -
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Plicatostylidae
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Gervilleioperna timorensis Krumbeck 1923 oyster
Isognomon sp. Lightfoot 1786 oyster
Lithiotis sp. Gümbel 1871 oyster
Lithiotis problematica Gümbel 1871 oyster
 Megalodontida - Megalodontidae
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
Opisoma cf. excavatum Boehm 1884 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Plectoconchidae
""Terebratula" rotzoana" = Lychnothyris rotzoana
""Terebratula" rotzoana" = Lychnothyris rotzoana Schauroth 1865
 Terebratulida - Hesperithyrididae
""Terebratula" renierii" = Hesperithyris renierii
""Terebratula" renierii" = Hesperithyris renierii Catullo 1827