Quarry N of Vitigliano [Cesarea Limestone (Cretaceous of Italy)

Where: Italy (40.1° N, 18.4° E: paleocoordinates 24.9° N, 17.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nostoceras hyatti ammonoid zone, Cesarea Limestone Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Possibly from the Cesarea Limestone, which regionally unconformably overlies the Melissano Limestone (Conianceian-Santonian) and is overlain by the Ciolo Limestone (Late Campanian-Maastrictian). AGE: early Late Campanian, on the basis of Sr dating. Table 1 states ages of 76.6 Ma. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in section.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, shelly/skeletal limestone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine carbonate setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Bioclastic-rich limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of facies description and figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Schlüter et al.

• COLLECTORS: Schlüter et al. REPOSITORY: Unknown.

Primary reference: M. Schluter, T. Steuber, and M. Parente. 2008. Chronostratigraphy of Campanian-Maastrichtian platform carbonates and rudist associations of Salento (Apulia, Italy). Cretaceous Research 29:100-114 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 82393: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.07.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to rudist bivalves and biostratigraphically useful microfossils. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with apparently modern nomenclature, though many taxa are not identified to species level.
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unclassified
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Pseudochubbina bruni
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Rhapydioninidae
Murciella curvilleri
 Miliolida - Alveolinidae
Raadshovenia salentina
Foraminifera
 Orbitoidacea - Orbitoididae
Orbitoides media
Orbitoides media d'Archiac 1837
 Orbitoidacea - Lepidorbitoididae
Pseudosiderolites vidali
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
Nostoceras hyatti
Nostoceras hyatti Stephenson 1941 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Plagioptychidae
Mitrocaprina bulgarica, Plagioptychus sp.
Mitrocaprina bulgarica Tzankov 1965 rudist
Plagioptychus sp. Matheron 1842 rudist
 Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
Hippurites colliciatus, Pironaea slavonica
Hippurites colliciatus Woodward 1855 rudist
Pironaea slavonica Hilber 1902 rudist
 Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Pseudopolyconites apuliensis, Radiolites angeiodes, Radiolites spongicola, Biradiolites chaperi, Favus antei, Sauvagesia sp., Joufia reticulata, Pseudosabinia klinghardti, Radiolitella maestrichtiana
Pseudopolyconites apuliensis Sladíc-Trifunovic and Campobasso 1980 rudist
Radiolites spongicola Astre 1954 rudist
Favus antei Laviano and Skelton 1992 rudist
Sauvagesia sp. Bayle 1886 rudist
Joufia reticulata Boehm 1897 rudist
Pseudosabinia klinghardti Boehm 1927 rudist
Radiolitella maestrichtiana Pejovic 1968 rudist