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
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
unclassified | |
Cyanobacteria indet.3 Stanier 1973 | |
Foraminifera | |
"Ophtalmidium sp." = Ophthalmidium3
"Ophtalmidium sp." = Ophthalmidium3 Kübler and Zwingli 1870 | |
Globothalamea | |
Foraminifera | |
Gaudryina sp.3 d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Quinqueloculina sp.3 d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Foraminifera | |
Florideophyceae | |
Lithothamnion sp.3 Heydrich 1897 | |
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Chlorophyceae | |
Jodotella sp.3 Morellet and Morellet 1913
Cymopolia sp.3 Lamouroux 1816 | |
Acicularia sp.3 d'Archiac 1843 | |
Ulvophyceae | |
Hydrozoa | |
Tubiphytes sp.3 Maslov 1956 | |
Anthozoa | |
Stylocoenia montium Oppenheim 1912 stony coral | |
Actinacis cognata Oppenheim 1901 stony coral | |
? Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Goniopora elegans Leymerie 1846 stony coral | |
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Rhizangia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
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Dendrophyllia candelabrum Henning 1899 stony coral | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet.3 Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Wetheredellidae | |
Koskinobullina sp.3 Cherchi and Schroeder 1979 |