Maiella reef blocks I (Paleocene to of Italy)

Also known as Reef 906. Maiella reef blocks I, Italy

Where: Italy (42.2° N, 14.2° E: paleocoordinates 31.8° N, 12.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Santo Spirito Formation, Danian to Danian (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

• "lower Thanetian" probably equivalent to Selandian

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone

• Coral reef blocks (framestones and bindstones) up to 400 m long and 15 m high

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: A. Vecsei and E. Moussavian. 1997. Paleocene reefs on the Maiella Platform margin, Italy: An example of the effects of the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary events on reefs and carbonate platforms. Facies 36:123-140 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24269: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 04.08.2002, edited by Uta Merkel

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Only corals decribed in detail
unclassified
  -
Cyanobacteria indet.3 Stanier 1973
Foraminifera
  -
"Ophtalmidium sp." = Ophthalmidium3
"Ophtalmidium sp." = Ophthalmidium3 Kübler and Zwingli 1870
Globothalamea
 Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
  -
 Textulariina - Coscinophragmatidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Fabulariidae
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina sp.3 d'Orbigny 1826
Foraminifera
 Planorbulinacea - Planorbulinidae
Florideophyceae
 Sporolithales - Corallinophycidae
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Lithothamnion sp.3 Heydrich 1897
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Peyssonneliaceae indet.3 Denizot 1968
End reef builders
Polystrata alba3 Pfender 1936
listed as Pseudolithothamnium
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Polyphysaceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Jodotella sp.3 Morellet and Morellet 1913
Cymopolia sp.3 Lamouroux 1816
 Dasycladales -
Acicularia sp.3 d'Archiac 1843
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Hydrozoa
  - Nigriporellidae
Tubiphytes sp.3 Maslov 1956
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Stylocoenia montium Oppenheim 1912 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis cognata Oppenheim 1901 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
? Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Goniopora elegans Leymerie 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Placocoeniidae
Paraplacocoenia rotula1 Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Cladocora jamaicaensis1 Vaughan 1899 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Rhizangia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae
Agathiphyllia bosniaca2 Oppenheim 1912 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Dendrophyllia candelabrum Henning 1899 stony coral
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.3 Ehrenberg 1831
Wetheredellidae
  - Wetheredellidae
Koskinobullina sp.3 Cherchi and Schroeder 1979