Where: Benevento, Italy (41.1° N, 14.6° E: paleocoordinates 25.4° N, 13.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Turonian to Late/Upper Turonian (93.5 - 86.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithified, massive limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: L. Simone, G. Carannante, D. Ruberti, M. Sirna, G. Sirna, A. Laviano, and M. Tropeano. 2003. Development of rudist lithosomes in the Coniacian-Lower Campanian carbonate shelves of central-southern Italy: high-energy vs low-energy settings. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 200:5-29 [W. Kiessling/A. Lauchstedt/A. Lauchstedt]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 162612: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Andreas Lauchstedt on 30.09.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Anthozoa | |
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Elasmocoenia indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral | |
"Columnastraea indet." = Columastrea
"Columnastraea indet." = Columastrea d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral | |
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Aulosmilia indet. Alloiteau 1952 stony coral | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Hippurites socialis rudist | |
"Durania cornupastoris" = Durania cornupastoris, "Durania arnaudi" = Durania cornupastoris, Milovanovicia dobrunensis, Milovanovicia martelli, Biradiolites angulosus, Eoradiolites cristatus, Eoradiolites messapius
"Durania cornupastoris" = Durania cornupastoris Des Moulins 1826 rudist
"Durania arnaudi" = Durania cornupastoris Des Moulins 1826 rudist
Milovanovicia dobrunensis rudist
Milovanovicia martelli rudist
Biradiolites angulosus d'Orbigny 1850 rudist
Eoradiolites cristatus rudist
Eoradiolites messapius rudist | |
| Deuteropoda | |
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Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod | |
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Thaumatoporella parvovesiculifera Raineri 1922 | |
| Foraminifera | |
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Valvulinidae indet. Reuss 1860 | |
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Textulariidae indet. Ehrenberg 1838 | |
| Globothalamea | |
| Foraminifera | |
| Tubothalamea | |
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Miliolidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839 | |