Case Catarinicchia section (Pleistocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (37.8° N, 13.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; sandstone

• coarse-grained sediments (sands or gravelly sands extremely rich in centimetre-sized bioclasts); deposition on mid-shelf current-swept soft bottoms, during cold phases of the Early Pleistocene

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: A. Rosso and R. Sanfilippo. 2005. Bryozoans and serpuloideans in skeletobiont communities from the Pleistocene of Sicily: spatial utilisation and competitive interactions. Annali dell’Università degli Studi di Ferrara Museologia Scientifica e Naturalistica [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 146291: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 20.06.2013

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Thallophita sp., Corallinacea indet.
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
Gastrochaenidae indet.
Gastrochaenidae indet. Gray 1840 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp.
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Gastropoda
 Pteropoda - Clionidae
Clionidae indet.
Clionidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Vermetidae indet.
Vermetidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 worm shell
Stenolaemata
 Tubuliporata -
"Cyclostomata indet." = Tubuliporata
"Cyclostomata indet." = Tubuliporata
 Tubuliporata - Lichenoporidae
Patinella radiata, Disporella hispida
 Tubuliporata - Tubuliporidae
Tubulipora liliacea, Tubulipora plumosa
 Tubuliporata - Plagioeciidae
Plagioecia sarniensis
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Aeteidae
Aetea sp.
 Cheilostomata - Cribrilinidae
Membraniporella nitida, Puellina radiata, Puellina venusta
Membraniporella nitida Johnston 1838
 Cheilostomata - Romancheinidae
Hemicyclopora multispinata
 Cheilostomata - Microporidae
Calpensia nobilis, Rosseliana rosselii
Calpensia nobilis Esper 1796
 Cheilostomata - Calloporidae
Callopora dumerili
 Cheilostomata - Teuchoporidae
Phylactella mediterranea
 Cheilostomata - Escharellidae
Neolagenipora collaris
 Cheilostomata - Hippothoidae
Hippothoa flagellum
 Cheilostomata - Celleporidae
Turbicellepora coronopus, Celleporina globulosa
 Cheilostomata - Bitectiporidae
Schizomavella cornuta, Schizomavella " sp. A", Schizomavella cf. rudis, Schizomavella cf. teresae
Schizomavella " sp. A" Canu and Bassler 1917
 Cheilostomata - Chorizoporidae
Chorizopora brongniarti
 Cheilostomata - Adeonidae
Reptadeonella violacea
 Cheilostomata - Lanceoporidae
Calyptotheca sp.
Calyptotheca sp. Harmer 1957
 Cheilostomata - Cheiloporinidae
Hagiosynodus latus
 Cheilostomata - Microporellidae
Microporella ciliata, Fenestrulina malusii
Fenestrulina malusii Audouin 1826
 Cheilostomata - Schizoporellidae
Schizoporella mutabilis, Schizoporella dunkeri, Schizoporella magnifica
Sedentaria
 Spionida - Spionidae
Meandropolydora sp.
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae spp., Semivermilia crenata, Semivermilia cribrata, Protula sp., Filograna sp., Spirobranchus polytrema, Serpula vermicularis, Serpula concharum, Janua pagenstecheri
Serpulidae spp. Rafinesque 1835
Protula sp. Risso 1826
Filograna sp. Oken 1815
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Vermiliopsis labiata, Vermiliopsis sp., Hydroides norvegicus, Hydroides stoichadon, Metavermilia multicristata, Pomatoceros triqueter, Filogranula calyculata
unclassified
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Cyanobacteria indet.
Cyanobacteria indet. Stanier 1973