Sample 5 [Pietra Leccese Fm]: Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene, Italy
collected by Ragaini

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
Echinolampas plagiostoma
Echinolampas angulata
Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Neolampadidae
Studeria lorioli
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Paleopneustidae
Pericosmus capellinii
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizaster sp. Agassiz 1835
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy
Coordinates: 40.1° North, 18.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.3° North, 17.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Pietra Leccese
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Pietra Leccese Fm, which overlies the Andrano Fm, and is presumably unconformably overlain by the Uggiano la Chiesa Fm (Middle Pliocene). AGE: Upper Burgidalian to lower Messinian, on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy; placed by enterer in Early-Middle Miocene on the basis of unknown stratigraphic position and remaneé. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the "Terra Rossa" level of the Pietra Lecesse Fm.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified conglomerate
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Conglomerate. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of taphonomic description.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression,replaced with phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:Ragaini
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Not stated, but presumably L. Ragaini. REPOSITORY: Not stated, but presumably the Natural History Museum, University of Pisa.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for echinoids. Other taxa presumably present, but not stated in text. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature.
Metadata
Database number:96235
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-05-29 08:59:18 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2010-05-29 08:59:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
32670. L. Ragaini. 1994. Neogene echinoids from Salento (Apulia, Southern Italy). Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 287-290 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]