Maiella Mountin, Pesco Falcone Fm (Oligocene of Italy)

Also known as Reef 2948

Where: Italy (42.2° N, 14.1° E: paleocoordinates 39.3° N, 12.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pesco Falcone Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• Early Rupelian

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• coral bioconstructions

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: M. Brandano, L. Tomassetti, and I. Cornacchia. 2018. The lower Rupelian cluster reefs of Majella platform, the shallow water record of Eocene to Oligocene transition. Sedimentary Geology [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 214135: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 16.09.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Only corals decribed in detail
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unclassified
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Androsalinidea indet., Nubecularidea indet.
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Discorbidae indet.
Discorbidae indet. Ehrenberg 1838
 Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
Acervulinidae indet.
Acervulinidae indet. Schultze 1854
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Soritidae
Archaias sp.
Archaias sp. Montfort 1808
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Pyrgo sp.
Pyrgo sp. Defrance 1824
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina sp., Triloculina sp.
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Triloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Foraminifera
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
Carpenteria sp.
 Rotaliacea - Calcarinidae
Neorotalia sp.
Neorotalia sp. Bermúdez 1952
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Rotaliidae indet.
Rotaliidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Nummulitidae indet., Nummulites vascus
Nummulitidae indet. Blainville 1827
 Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae
Amphistegina sp.
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Planorbulinacea - Victoriellidae
Victoriellidae indet.
Victoriellidae indet. Chapman and Crespin 1930
 Planorbulinacea - Planorbulinidae
Planorbulina sp.
Planorbulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
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Chapmanina gassinensis
 Biokovinacea - Charentiidae
Peneroplis sp.
Peneroplis sp. Montfort 1808
Florideophyceae
 Sporolithales - Corallinophycidae
Sporolithon sp.
Sporolithon sp. Rothpletz 1891
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Corallinales sp., Neogoniolithon sp., Lithoporella sp.
Corallinales sp. Silva and Johansen 1986
Neogoniolithon sp. Setchell and Mason 1943
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Mesophyllum sp., Lithothamnion sp.
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930
Lithothamnion sp. Heydrich 1897
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea sp.
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Astreopora sp.
Astreopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis sp.
Actinacis sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail