Capo San Marco cliff, Microbialitic level 2 (Miocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (39.9° N, 8.4° E: paleocoordinates 40.8° N, 5.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Capo San Marco Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified bindstone

• limestones with several micritic buildups, sandy marls and fine sands

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. P. Martin. 2010. The Girvanella-like remains from Messinian marine deposits (Sardinia, Italy): Lagerstätten paradigm for microbial biota?. Annales de Paléontologie 96:33-50 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 168730: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 28.04.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella sp.
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
Argyrotheca cuneata
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet.
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita sp.
Cardita sp. Bruguière 1792 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Varicorbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
"Varicorbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cerastoderma edule, Parvicardium minimum, Acanthocardia echinata, Plagiocardium hirsutum, Plagiocardium papillosum
Cerastoderma edule Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Acanthocardia echinata Linnaeus 1767 cockle
Plagiocardium papillosum Poli 1781 cockle
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra alba
Abra alba Wood 1802 abra
 Cardiida - Trapezidae
Coralliophaga lithophagella
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama placentina, Chama sp., Chama gryphoides
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
Chama gryphoides Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Timoclea ovata
Timoclea ovata Pennant 1777 venus clam
 Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
"Gastrochaena dubia" = Gastrochaena (Rocellaria) dubia
"Gastrochaena dubia" = Gastrochaena (Rocellaria) dubia Pennant 1777 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Loripes lacteus
Loripes lacteus Deshayes 1850 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea edulis
Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Pycnodonta sp." = Pycnodonte, "Neopycnodonta navicularis" = Neopycnodonte navicularis
"Pycnodonta sp." = Pycnodonte Fischer von Waldheim 1835 oyster
"Neopycnodonta navicularis" = Neopycnodonte navicularis Brocchi 1814 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Crassadoma multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata
"Crassadoma multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata Poli 1795 scallop
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca noae, Barbatia sp.
Arca noae Linnaeus 1758 ark
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842 clam
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Musculus costulatus
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus barbatus
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
"Cylichna cylindracea" = Cylichna (Cylichna) cylindracea
"Cylichna cylindracea" = Cylichna (Cylichna) cylindracea Pennant 1777 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Gibbula magus
Gibbula magus top snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora italica
Diodora italica Defrance 1820 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Vermetidae indet.
Vermetidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 worm shell
Deuteropoda
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Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp.
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
Foraminifera
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
Globigerina sp., Orbulina sp.
Globigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Orbulina sp. d'Orbigny 1839