Popogna, Livornesi Mountains, Rosignano Limestone, Tuscany: Messinian, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella turris
Basterot 1825
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Gastropoda
- Campanilidae
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Vulgocerithium costatum
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| synonym of Thericium | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus pirula
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Lithophaga sp.
Röding 1798
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten stazzanensis
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea lamellosa
Brocchi 1814
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| synonym of Ostrea edulis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca diluvii
Lamarck 1805
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| recombined as Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Venus plicata
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Aloidis gibba
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| synonym of Corbula | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Siderastreidae
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Siderastrea crenulata
(Goldfuss 1826)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites lobatosepta
Chevalier 1961
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Cladocora liburnensis
Chevalier 1961
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Cladocora cf. michelottii
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Heliastraeidae
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Heliastrea sp.
Milne Edwards and Haime 1857
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Florideophyceae
- Hapalidiales
- Lithothamniacae
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Lithothamnion sp.
Heydrich 1897
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Lituolida
- Lituolidae
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Textularia sp.
Defrance 1824
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Cibicididae
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Cibicides lobatulus
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Nonionidae
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Nonion umbilicatum
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Charentiidae
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Peneroplis pertusus
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| listed as Pencroplis pertusus | ||||||||||
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Amphisteginidae
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Amphistegina lessoni
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Rotaliidae
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Rotalia beccarrii
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Tubothalamea
- Miliolida
- Hauerinidae
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Quinqueloculina cf. venusta
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Elphidiidae
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Elphidium macellum
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Geography
| Country: | Italy |
| Coordinates: | 43.5° North, 10.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.3° North, 10.3° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Messinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Messinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Rosignano Limestone | Member: | Castelnuovo |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified marl |
| Lithology description: coral biostrome, less than 5 m thick, with abundant terrigenous-siliciclastic influence | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 965 | ||
| Database number: | 70417 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate,micropaleontology |
| Created: | 2007-03-22 06:15:01 | Last modified: | 2007-03-22 08:34:34 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-03-22 06:15:01 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 23527. | J. P. Chevalier. 1961. Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale [Miocene corals and reefs from the western Mediterranean]. Memoires de la Societe geologique de France 93:1-562 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel] |
Secondary references:
| 23452 | A. Bossio, M. Esteban, R. Mazzanti, R. Mazzei, and G. Salvatorini. 1996. Rosignano reef complex (Messinian), Livornesi Mountains, Tuscany, central Italy. SEPM Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology 5:277-294 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |