Castelnuovo Reef, Livornesi Mountains, Rosignano Limestone, Tuscany: Messinian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Corallinaceae
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816
Rotaliidae
Ammonia sp. Bruennich 1772
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Miliolidae
Miliolidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839
Elphidiidae
Elphidium sp. Monfort 1808
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Glabratellidae
Glabratella sp.
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Rosalinidae
Neoconorbina sp. Hofker 1951
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Rosalina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae
Heliastrea sp. Milne Edwards and Haime 1857
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807
Porites lobatosepta Chevalier 1961
Porites cf. calabricae Chevalier 1961
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea crenulata (Goldfuss 1826)
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Xestoleberididae
Xestoleberis sp. Sars 1866
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Cytheridea sp. Bosquet 1852
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Loxoconchidae
Loxoconcha sp. Sars 1866
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Hemicytheridae
Aurila sp.
Pokornyella sp. Oertil 1956
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Leptocytheridae
Callistocythere sp. Ruggieri 1953
Ostracoda - Podocopida
Tenedocythere sp.
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Neonesidea sp. Maddocks 1962
Ostracoda - Podocopida
Loxocorniculum sp. Benson and Coleman 1963
Capsacythere sp.
Cletocythereis sp.
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys multistriata (Poli 1795)
recombined as Talochlamys multistriata
Pecten dunkeri
Pecten stazzanensis
Pecten marvilensis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy
Coordinates: 43.4° North, 10.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.3° North, 10.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Messinian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Messinian
Age range of interval:7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Rosignano Limestone Member:Castelnuovo
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: coral reef mounds, less than 15 m thick and a few hundred meters wide, with abundant terrigenous-siliciclastic interbeds
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 965
Database number:69899
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate,micropaleontology
Created:2007-03-09 03:07:29 Last modified:2007-03-09 05:18:16
Access level:the public Released:2007-03-09 03:07:29
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

23452. A. Bossio, M. Esteban, R. Mazzanti, R. Mazzei, and G. Salvatorini. 1996. Rosignano reef complex (Messinian), Livornesi Mountains, Tuscany, central Italy. SEPM Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology 5:277-294 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]