Dielmissen, Ith Mountains (Jurassic to of Germany)

Also known as Reef 3220

Where: Niedersachsen, Germany (52.0° N, 9.6° E: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 17.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Untere Korallenbank Member (Korallenoolith Formation), Middle Oxfordian to Middle Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: C. Helm, M. Reuter, and I. Schülke. 2003. Die Korallenfauna des Korallenooliths (Oxfordium, Oberjura, NW-Deutschland): Zusammensetzung, Stratigraphie und regionale Verbreitung. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 77(1):77-94 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31437: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 13.05.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
"Thecosmilia trichotoma" = Thecosmilia densa Fromentel 1870 stony coral
Isastrea crassa Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Montlivaltia obconica Münster 1829 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria concinna Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
"Actinarea granulata" = Actinaraea
"Actinarea granulata" = Actinaraea stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
cf. Stylosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Dimorpharaea sp. de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Fungiastraea arachnoides Parkinson 1808 stony coral
Crinoidea
 Comatulida - Notocrinidae
Semiometra ithiensis n. sp. Feather star