Capo Colonnan, Coralligenous (C) facies (Pleistocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (39.0° N, 17.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.0° N, 17.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; framestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• COLLECTOR: Review of previously published collections. REPOSITORY: Unknown.

Primary reference: V. A. Bracchi, R. Nalin, and D. Basso. 2014. Paleoecology and dynamics of coralline dominated facies during a Pleistocene transgressive–regressive cycle (Capo Colonna marine terrace, Southern Italy). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 414:296-309 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 166071: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 03.02.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for fish. NOMENCLATURE: Not a authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
Show authors, comments, and common names
Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
Lithophyllum stictaeforme, Lithophyllum sp., Titanoderma sp., Titanoderma pustulatum, Phymatolithon sp., Lithothamnion sp., Lithothamnion minervae, Mesophyllum sp., Mesophyllum alternans
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
Titanoderma sp. Naegeli 1858
Titanoderma pustulatum Lamouroux 1816
Phymatolithon sp. Foslie 1898
Lithothamnion sp. Heydrich 1897
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930
Mesophyllum alternans Foslie 1907
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Cladocora caespitosa
Cladocora caespitosa Linne 1767 stony coral
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet.
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
 Ichnofossils -
Gastrochaenolites lapidicus
Gastrochaenolites lapidicus Kelly and Bromley 1984