Il Fronte Section, MIS 5e deposits, Unit 2, Taranto (Pleistocene of Italy)

Where: Apulia, Italy (40.5° N, 17.3° E: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 17.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ionian (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• uninterrupted marine sedimentary record of MIS 5e.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; gray mudstone

• This unit, less than 1 m thick, is made up of highly fossiliferous, homogeneous gray mud

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Amorosi, F. Antonioli, A. Bertini, S. Marabini, G. Mastronuzzi, P. Montagna, A. Negri, V. Rossi, D. Scarponi, M. Taviani, L. Angeletti, A. Piva, and G. B. Vai. 2014. The Middle–Upper Pleistocene Fronte Section (Taranto, Italy): An exceptionally preserved marine record of the Last Interglacial. Global and Planetary Change 119:23-38 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 157641: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 27.06.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
Cribroelphidium ex gr. granosum, Cribroelphidium ex gr. poeyanum
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Ammonia tepida, Ammonia parkinsoniana, Ammonia beccarii
Ammonia tepida
abundant specimens
Ammonia parkinsoniana
abundant specimens
Dinophyceae
 Peridiniales -
Pentapharsodinium dalei
 Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
Operculodinium sp.
 Dinoflagellata -
Polysphaeridium zoharyi
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus sp., Picea sp., Abies sp.
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine
Picea sp. Dietrich 1824 spruce
Abies sp. Miller 1754 fir
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Loxoconchidae
Palmoconcha turbida, Palmoconcha agilis