Where: Italy (40.1° N, 18.4° E: paleocoordinates 25.2° N, 17.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ciolo Limestone Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Ciolo Limestone, which regionally unconformably overlies the Cesarea Limestone (Campanian). AGE: early Late Campanian, on the basis of Sr dating. Table 1 states ages of 72.8 Ma. Maastrichtian on the basis of microfossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in section.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, fine-grained, shelly/skeletal limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
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 82395: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.07.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Foraminifera | |
Dicyclina schlumbergeri Munier-Chalmas 1887 | |
Siderolites calcitrapoides Lamarck 1801 | |
Orbitoides apiculata Schlumberger 1901
Orbitoides cf. media d'Archiac 1837 | |
Globothalamea | |
Foraminifera | |
Bivalvia | |
Joufia reticulata Boehm 1897 rudist | |
Pironaea polystyla rudist | |
? Sabinia sp. Parona 1908 rudist |