Cava Longo [Ciolo Limestone: Late Campanian, Italy
collected by Schlüter et al.

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Charentiidae
Moncharmontia apenninica
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Rotorbinella scarsellai
Calcarinidae
Siderolites calcitrapoides Lamarck 1801
Lepitorbitoididae
Lepidorbitoides sp.
Orbitoididae
Orbitoides apiculata Schlumberger 1901
Orbitoides cf. media (d'Archiac 1837)
Orbitolinidae
Dictyoconus sp.
Dictyopsellidae
? Dictyopsella sp.
Dicyclinidae
Dicyclina schlumbergeri Munier-Chalmas 1887
Cuneolinidae
Cuneolina sp.
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Jodotella koradae
Cymopolia barattoloi
Cymopolia decastroi
Zittelina fluegeli
unclassified
? Sulcorperculina sp.
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Caprinidae
? Sabinia sp. Parona 1908
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Joufia reticulata Boehm 1897
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
Pironaea polystyla
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy
Coordinates: 40.1° North, 18.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:25.2° North, 17.6° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Campanian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 7
Key time interval: Late Campanian
Age range of interval: 83.6 - 72.1 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ciolo Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: 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.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,shelly/skeletal lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Fine-grained limestone, rich in bioclastic material, with high moldic porosity. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of facies description and figured specimens.
Environment:carbonate indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine carbonate setting.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Schlüter et al.
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Schlüter et al. REPOSITORY: Unknown.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to rudist bivalves and biostratigraphically useful microfossils. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with apparently modern nomenclature, though many taxa are not identified to species level.
Metadata
Database number:82395
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate,micropaleontology
Created:2008-07-26 23:36:05 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2008-07-26 23:36:05
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

27758. 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]