Matese Mts. (Cretaceous to of Italy)

Where: Frosinone, Italy (41.7° N, 14.7° E: paleocoordinates 26.0° N, 13.5° 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 limestone

• Low-energy internal 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 162623: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Andreas Lauchstedt on 30.09.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
 Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
"Durania arnaudi" = Durania cornupastoris Des Moulins 1826 rudist
Biradiolites angulosus d'Orbigny 1850 rudist
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
 Thaumatoporellales -
Foraminifera
 Textulariacea - Valvulinidae
 Textulariina - Pfenderinidae
 Textulariina - Cuneolinidae
 Fusulinina - Earlandiidae
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textulariidae indet. Ehrenberg 1838
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Foraminifera
  -
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Miliolidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839