Cetona, Provinz Siena, Bioclastic packstone (Pliocene of Italy)

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

• Calcare Massiccio, Bioclastic 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
  - Corallinophycidae
"Lithothamnion philippi" = Mesophyllum alterans Foslie 1907
Lithophyllum dentatum Kützing 1841
Spongites "sp. 1" Kützing 1841
Foraminifera
 Asterigerinacea - Asterigerinidae
Asterigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1839
 Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Actinopteri
 Gadiformes -
 Gadiformes - Gadidae
 Gadiformes - Lotidae
Phycis sp. Walbaum 1792
 Pleuronectiformes - Psettodidae
Citharopsettodes angustus Schwarzhans 1978 flatfish
 Beloniformes - Hemiramphidae
"Halocypselus italicus" = Hemirhamphus italicus
"Halocypselus italicus" = Hemirhamphus italicus Bassoli 1906
 Perciformes - Sparidae
Dentex elegans Prochazka 1893 perch-like fish
 Acanthomorphata - Haemulidae
Pomadasys sp. Lacépède 1802
 Beryciformes - Trachichthyidae
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
"Gnathophis pantanellii" = Hildebrandia pantanellii
"Gnathophis pantanellii" = Hildebrandia pantanellii Bassoli 1906 conger eel
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanidae indet. Leach 1817 barnacle
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Brotulidarum
  -
Brotulidarum cetonaensis Schwarzhans 1978