Punta Diamante area, Red algae bindstone facies (Pleistocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (39.7° N, 15.8° E: paleocoordinates 39.7° N, 15.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• IV-order Pleistocene marine terrace. late Middle Pleistocene and possibly early

•Late Pleistocene

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; bindstone and rudstone

• coralgal bioconstruction

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. P. Bernasconi, M. Cefala, and E. Perri. 2015. Mid-latitude coralgal bioconstruction and endolithic microbialites: environmental significance during Quaternary climate variations. Facies 61(4) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 173352: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 18.09.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus sp. Lea 1843 worm shell
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Cladocora caespitosa Linne 1767 stony coral
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Titanoderma sp. Naegeli 1858
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
Globothalamea
 Loftusiida - Acervulinidae