Where: Provinz Siena, Italy (42.9° N, 11.9° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 42.0° N, 12.5° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Calcare Massiccio Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• Early Mid-Pliocene in paper, Middle Pliocene in title
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified rudstone
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: A. Checconi, D. Bassi, L. Passeri and R. Rettori. 2007. Coralline red algal assemblage from the Middle Pliocene shallow-water temperate carbonates of the Monte Cetona (Northern Apennines, Italy). Facies (53)57-66 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 138092: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 04.01.2013, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
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Thecostraca | |
Balanidae indet. Leach 1817 barnacle | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Polychaeta | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Foraminifera | |
Globothalamea | |
Sphaerogypsina sp. Galloway 1933 | |
Foraminifera | |
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Asterigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Florideophyceae | |
"Lithothamnion philippi" = Mesophyllum alterans, Mesophyllum lichenoides, "Lithophyllum pustulatum" = Titanoderma pustulatum, Lithophyllum cf. incrustans, Lithophyllum dentatum, Spongites fruticulosus, Spongites "sp. 1"
"Lithothamnion philippi" = Mesophyllum alterans Foslie 1907
Mesophyllum lichenoides Ellis 1768
"Lithophyllum pustulatum" = Titanoderma pustulatum Lamouroux 1816
Lithophyllum cf. incrustans Philippi 1837
Lithophyllum dentatum Kützing 1841
Spongites "sp. 1" Kützing 1841 |