Also known as Reef 3108
Where: Italy (40.0° N, 18.4° E: paleocoordinates 25.8° N, 17.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified wackestone and lithified lime mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. Cestari and G. Sirna. 1987. Rudist fauna in the Maastrichtian deposits of southern Salento (southern Italy). Memorie della Societa Geologica Italiana 40:133-147 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 67085: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.11.2006, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral | |
Bivalvia | |
Sabinia cf. aniensis rudist | |
Mitrocaprina bulgarica Tzankov 1965 rudist | |
Vaccinites ultimus rudist
Hippurites colliciatus Woodward 1855 rudist | |
Bournonia excavata, Radiolitella maestrichtiana, Joufia reticulata, Radiolites angeiodes, Apulites cf. giganteus, Petkovicia verajana, Lapeirousia sp.
Bournonia excavata d'Orbigny 1847 rudist
Radiolitella maestrichtiana Pejovic 1968 rudist
Joufia reticulata Boehm 1897 rudist
Radiolites angeiodes rudist
Apulites cf. giganteus rudist
Petkovicia verajana rudist
Lapeirousia sp. Bayle 1878 rudist | |
Gastropoda | |
Nerineidae indet. Zittel 1873 snail | |
Acteonidae indet. d'Orbigny 1835 snail
Trochactaeon sp. Meek 1863 snail | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoida indet. Troschel 1872 sea urchin |