Matese Mts.: Late Turonian - Coniacian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Aulosmilia indet. Alloiteau 1952
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Columastreidae
Columnastraea indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Elasmocoenia indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Durania cornupastoris (Des Moulins 1826)
Durania arnaudi Choffat 1891
Milovanovicia dobrunensis
Milovanovicia martelli
Eoradiolites cristatus
Eoradiolites messapius
Biradiolites angulosus d'Orbigny 1850
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
Hippurites socialis
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
Thaumatoporellales
Thaumatoporella parvovesiculifera (Raineri 1922)
Earlandiidae
Aeolisaccus kotori
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Rotorbinella scarsellai
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Miliolidae
Miliolidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839
Valvulinidae
Valvulinidae indet. Reuss 1860
Cuneolinidae
Cuneolina pavonia
Pfenderinidae
Accordiella conica
unclassified
Montcharmontia apenninica
Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textulariidae indet. Ehrenberg 1838
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Frosinone
Coordinates: 41.7° North, 14.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.0° North, 13.5° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Turonian - Coniacian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 6
Key time interval: Late Turonian - Coniacian
Age range of interval: 93.9 - 86.3 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:massive lithified "limestone"
Environment:offshore shelf
Geology comments: Open shelves : high-energy/marginal settings
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:162611
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:A. Lauchstedt
Modifier:A. Lauchstedt
Created:2014-09-30 05:27:53 Last modified:2014-10-01 05:59:25
Access level:authorizer only Released:2014-12-30 05:27:53
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

52948. L. Simone, G. Carannante, D. Ruberti, M. Sirna, G. Sirna, A. Laviano, and M. Tropeano. 2003. Development of rudist lithosomes in the Coniacian-Lower Campanian carbonate shelves of central-southern Italy: high-energy vs low-energy settings. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 200:5-29 [W. Kiessling/A. Lauchstedt/A. Lauchstedt]