Where: Sardinia, Italy (40.8° N, 8.7° E: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 4.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: N7 foram zone, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• "upper Burdigalian" and "N7 Zone of Blow, 1969"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified marl
Size class: microfossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve
• samples were "washed residues" consisting of "approximately 200 g"
Primary reference: A. Bossio, B. Dall'Antonia, S. Da Prato, L. M. Foresi, and G. Oggiano. 2006. Preliminary stratigraphical investigations of the Miocene successions of the Porto Torres Basin (northern Sardinia, Italy). Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Memorie Seria A 111:67-74 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 93936: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 06.02.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda | |
Cytherella postdenticulata ostracod | |
Aurila cicatricosa Reuss 1850 ostracod | |
Heliocythere vejhonensis Prochazka 1893 ostracod | |
Bairdia conformis ostracod | |
Buntonia dertonensis ostracod | |
Loxocorniculum quadricornis ostracod |