Where: Benevento, Italy (41.1° N, 14.6° E: paleocoordinates 25.7° N, 14.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithified, massive limestone
• Open shelves : high-energy/marginal settings
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 162615: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Andreas Lauchstedt on 30.09.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Bivalvia |
| Hippuritida - Radiolitidae |
Jerinella klinae, Radiolites angeiodes, Radiolites spinulatus, Sauvagesia tenuicostata, Durania apula, Durania japigiae, Rajka spinosa, Biradiolites angulosissimus, Biradiolites fissicostatus, Medeella zignana, Bournonia wiontzeki, Bournonia excavata, Gorjanovicia costata, Gorjanovicia paronai
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| Hippuritida - Plagioptychidae |
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| Hippuritida - Hippuritidae |
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| Foraminifera |
| Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae |
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| Globothalamea |
| Rotaliida - Discorbidae |
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| Foraminifera |
| Fusulinina - Earlandiidae |
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| Loftusiacea - Cyclamminidae |
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| Textulariina - Dicyclinidae |
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| Textulariina - Pfenderinidae |
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| Lituolacea - Nautiloculinidae |
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| Textulariina - Cuneolinidae |
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| Tubothalamea |
| Miliolida - Miliolidae |
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| Miliolida - Hauerinidae |
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| Miliolida - Nubeculariidae |
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| Miliolida - Soritidae |
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| Miliolida - Keramosphaeridae |
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| Thaumatoporellales - |
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