Punta Diamante area, Spondylus gaederopus‑rich boundstone facies: Middle Pleistocene, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus gaederopus
Linnaeus 1758
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Geography
| Country: | Italy |
| Coordinates: | 39.7° North, 15.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.7° North, 15.8° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Chibanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: IV-order Pleistocene marine terrace. late Middle Pleistocene and possibly early
Late Pleistocene |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | rudstone |
| Lithology description: bio-sedimentary deposit | |
| Environment: | perireef or subreef |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 173360 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-09-21 04:14:02 | Last modified: | 2015-09-21 04:14:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-09-21 04:14:02 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 56361. | M. P. Bernasconi, M. Cefala, and E. Perri. 2015. Mid-latitude coralgal bioconstruction and endolithic microbialites: environmental significance during Quaternary climate variations. Facies 61(4) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Uhen] |