Piana della Versilia, Lake Massaciuccoli (Pleistocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (43.8° N, 10.3° E: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 10.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Isotopic stage: 5e

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; siltstone and claystone

• lagunal silt-clay layer in a borehole at 68.8 m of depth.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Peirano, C. Morri, C. N. Bianchi, J. Aguirre, F. Antonioli, C. Calzetta, L. Carobene, G. Mastronuzzi, and P. Orru. 2004. The Mediterranean coral Cladocora caespitosa: a proxy for past climate fluctuations?. Global and Planetary Change 40:195-200 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176630: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 19.02.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Cladocora caespitosa Linne 1767 stony coral