Lampedusa Island: Messinian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
informal Stromatolite indet.
informal Thrombolite indet.
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Corallinaceae
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816
Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Clypeaster sp. Lamarck 1801
Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Echinidae
Psammechinus sp.
Echinoidea - Cidaroida
Cidaroida indet. (Claus 1880)
Pedley 1996
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Pedley 1996
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Vermetus sp. Daudin 1800
Pedley 1996
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea sp. (Menard 1807)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta sp. Bronn 1831
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Paphia sp. Röding 1798
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Leporimetis papyracea
spelled with current rank as Psammotreta (Leporimetis)
Gastrana fragilis (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758
Pedley 1996
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797
Pedley 1996
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita sp. Bruguière 1792
Pedley 1996
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Botula sp. Mörch 1853
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten sp. Müller 1776
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara sp. Gray 1847
Arca noae Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris bimaculata
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Crustacea indet. Brünnich 1772
Pedley 1996
invalid subgroup of Pancrustacea
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea sp. Blainville 1830
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy
Coordinates: 35.5° North, 12.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.3° North, 12.3° 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
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: coral patch reefs in 3 units, at the top a thrombolitic-stromatolitic unit
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 806
Database number:70513
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-03-27 03:39:26 Last modified:2007-03-27 06:39:28
Access level:the public Released:2007-03-27 03:39:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
23646. J. P. Andre, J. J. Cornee, J. P. Saint Martin and P. Lapointe. 2002. Organisation sequentielle de la plate-forme carbonatee messinienne du seuil pelagien a Lampedusa (Mediterranee centrale) [Sequence stratigraphy of the Messinian carbonate platform of the Pelagian shoal in Lampedusa (central Mediterranean)]. Geodiversitas 24(3):625-639 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

23472 M. Pedley. 1996. Miocene reef facies of the pelagian region (Central Mediterranean). SEPM Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology 5:247-259 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]