Ciolo Cove algae, Italy (Cretaceous of Italy)

Where: Italy (39.9° N, 18.4° E: paleocoordinates 27.5° N, 16.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ciolo Limestone Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified packstone

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: M. Parente. 1997. Dasycladales from the Upper Maastrichtian of Salento Peninsula (Puglia, Southern Italy). Facies 36:91-122 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 57788: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 03.01.2006

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Triploporellaceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae