Lampedusa Island (Miocene of Italy)

Also known as Reef 806

Where: Italy (35.5° N, 12.6° E: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 12.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• coral patch reefs in 3 units, at the top a thrombolitic-stromatolitic unit

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. P. Andre, J. J. Cornee, J. P. Saint Martin and P. Lapointe. 2002. Organisation sequentielle de la plate-forme carbonatee messinienne du seuil pelagien a Lampedusa (Mediterranee centrale) [Sequence stratigraphy of the Messinian carbonate platform of the Pelagian shoal in Lampedusa (central Mediterranean)]. Geodiversitas 24(3):625-639 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 70513: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.03.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Cidaroida -
Cidaroida indet.
Cidaroida indet. Claus 1880 pencil urchin
 Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Clypeaster sp.
Clypeaster sp. Lamarck 1801 sand dollar
unclassified
  -
"Stromatolite" indet., "Thrombolite" indet.
Echinoidea
 Camarodonta - Echinidae
Psammechinus sp.
Psammechinus sp. sea urchin
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet.
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp.
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Cypraea sp.
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Vermetus sp.
Vermetus sp. Daudin 1800 worm shell
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Botula sp., Lithophaga sp.
Botula sp. Mörch 1853 mussel
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus sp., Chlamys sp., Pecten sp.
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca noae, Anadara sp.
Arca noae Linnaeus 1758 ark
Anadara sp. Gray 1847 ark
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris bimaculata
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp.
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Leporimetis papyracea" = Psammotreta (Leporimetis), Gastrana fragilis
"Leporimetis papyracea" = Psammotreta (Leporimetis) tellin clam
Gastrana fragilis Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta sp.
Diplodonta sp. Bronn 1831 clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp.
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Paphia sp.
Paphia sp. Röding 1798 venus clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea sp.
Panopea sp. Menard 1807 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina sp.
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita sp.
Cardita sp. Bruguière 1792 clam
Crustacea
  -
Crustacea indet.
Crustacea indet. Brünnich 1772
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea sp.
Siderastrea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp.
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea sp.
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Corallinaceae indet.
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp.
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812