Where: Provinz Siena, Italy (42.9° N, 11.9° E: paleocoordinates 42.3° N, 11.1° E)
• 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 packstone
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 138094: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 04.01.2013, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae | |
"Lithothamnion philippi" = Mesophyllum alterans Foslie 1907
Lithophyllum dentatum Kützing 1841
Spongites "sp. 1" Kützing 1841 | |
Foraminifera | |
Asterigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Actinopteri | |
Phycis sp. Walbaum 1792 | |
Citharopsettodes angustus Schwarzhans 1978 flatfish | |
"Halocypselus italicus" = Hemirhamphus italicus
"Halocypselus italicus" = Hemirhamphus italicus Bassoli 1906 | |
Dentex elegans Prochazka 1893 perch-like fish | |
Pomadasys sp. Lacépède 1802 | |
Hoplostethus lawleyi Koken 1891 | |
"Gnathophis pantanellii" = Hildebrandia pantanellii
"Gnathophis pantanellii" = Hildebrandia pantanellii Bassoli 1906 conger eel | |
Thecostraca | |
Balanidae indet. Leach 1817 barnacle | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Polychaeta | |
Brotulidarum | |
Brotulidarum cetonaensis Schwarzhans 1978 |