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