Mt. Munella, beds 4-6, Mirdita zone, Puke: Barremian - Aptian, Albania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Rutitrigonia longa (Agassiz 1840)
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea plicata (Sowerby 1829)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina multilineata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia anglica
subspecies anglica
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Requieniidae
Requienia sp. Matheron 1842
Requienia ammonia
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte subcostata
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae
Neithea deshayesiana
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerinea sp. Deshayes 1827
Nerinea aptiensis
Nerinea diffusa
Nerinea coquandi
Nerinea chloris
Nerinea gigantea
Nerinea vogti
Diptyxis luttickei
Diptyxis munellae n. sp.
Diptyxis mirditae n. sp.
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Nerinellidae
Nerinella libanotica
Nerinella sp. Sharpe 1849
Nerinea pauli Coquand 1862
recombined as Cossmannea (Eunerinea) pauli
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Pseudomelania clio
Gastropoda - Purpurinidae
Microschiza (Coronatica) heybroecki
Gastropoda - Acteoninidae
Actaeonina syriaca
original and current combination Acteonina
Trocholinidae
Trocholina friburgensis
Cyclamminidae
Choffatella decipiens Schlumberger 1905
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Salpingoporella melitae
Macroporella pygmaea
unclassified
Terebrella sanctaecrucis
see common names

Geography
Country:Albania
Coordinates: 42.0° North, 20.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.0° North, 23.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Key time interval:Barremian - Aptian
Age range of interval:125.77000 - 113.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Mt. Munella Local bed:4-6
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified sandstone
Lithology description: alternation of sandstones, conglomerates and marly limestones; various types of limestones with rare intercalations of conglomerates and sandstones in the upper part
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:67437
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate,micropaleontology
Created:2006-11-20 06:46:45 Last modified:2006-11-20 08:47:07
Access level:the public Released:2006-11-20 06:46:45
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

19227. H. A. Kollmann and L. H. Peza. 1997. Diptyxis Oppenheim (Nerineacea, Gastropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Albania. On the distribution of the genus Diptyxis. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien, A 98:17-33 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]