Where: Veneto, Italy (45.5° N, 11.3° E: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 9.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Chiampo Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• tuff level (50-200 cm thick) intercalated between the Lower and Upper Limestone Member, zone P10, SBZ 13, Early Lutetian
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified tuff
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: R. Matteucci and A. Russo. 2005. The Middle Eocene siliceous sponges from Val di Chiampo (Lessini Mountains, northern Italy). Museologia Scientifica e Naturalistica, Volume Speciale 51-62 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 110070: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 31.05.2011, edited by Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Foraminifera | |
Nummulites sp. Lamarck 1801 | |
Globocassidulina sp. Voloshinova 1960 | |
Globothalamea | |
Cibicides sp. Monfort 1808 | |
Foraminifera | |
Cephalopoda | |
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Malacostraca | |
Ranina sp. Lamarck 1801 crab | |
Hexactinellida | |
Laocoetis ? emiliana, Laocoetis patula, "Paracraticularia sp." = Craticularia, Pleuroguettardia aff. iberica, Pleuroguettardia sp.
Laocoetis ? emiliana Malfatti 1901 glass sponge
Laocoetis patula Pomel 1872 glass sponge
"Paracraticularia sp." = Craticularia Zittel 1877 glass sponge
Pleuroguettardia aff. iberica glass sponge
Pleuroguettardia sp. Reid 1963 glass sponge | |
? Becksia sp., Brachiolites sp., "Callicylix aff. eocenicus" = Callicylix eocenicus, "Callicylix eocenicus" = Callicylix eocenicus, "Centrosia cf. viquensis" = Callicylix eocenicus
? Becksia sp. Schlüter 1868 glass sponge
Brachiolites sp. Smith 1848 glass sponge
"Callicylix aff. eocenicus" = Callicylix eocenicus Pisera and Busquets 2002 glass sponge
"Callicylix eocenicus" = Callicylix eocenicus Pisera and Busquets 2002 glass sponge
"Centrosia cf. viquensis" = Callicylix eocenicus Pisera and Busquets 2002 glass sponge | |
Cavispongia scarpai Frisone et al. 2016 glass sponge | |
Ventriculites "sp. 1", Ventriculites "sp. 2", ? Ventriculites sp., "Rhizocheton lobata" = Rhizopoterion, "Rhizocheton "sp. 1"" = Rhizopoterion, "Rhizocheton "sp. 2"" = Rhizopoterion, "Rhizocheton "sp. 3"" = Rhizopoterion
Ventriculites "sp. 1" Mantell 1822 glass sponge
Ventriculites "sp. 2" Mantell 1822 glass sponge
? Ventriculites sp. Mantell 1822 glass sponge
"Rhizocheton lobata" = Rhizopoterion glass sponge
"Rhizocheton "sp. 1"" = Rhizopoterion Zittel 1877 glass sponge
"Rhizocheton "sp. 2"" = Rhizopoterion Zittel 1877 glass sponge
"Rhizocheton "sp. 3"" = Rhizopoterion Zittel 1877 glass sponge | |
Toulminia italica Frisone et al. 2016 glass sponge
Camerospongia tuberculata Frisone et al. 2016 glass sponge
Camerospongia visentinae Frisone et al. 2016 glass sponge | |
Stauractinella eocenica Frisone et al. 2016 glass sponge | |
Coronispongia confossa Frisone et al. 2016 glass sponge | |
Hexactinella clampensis Frisone et al. 2016 glass sponge
Anomochone sp. Ijima 1927 glass sponge | |
Laocaetis patula glass sponge
Laocaetis sp. Pomel 1872 glass sponge | |
Guettardiscyphia thiolati Archiac 1846 glass sponge | |
Eurete sp. Semper 1868 glass sponge | |
Demospongiae | |
Chenendopora sp. Lamouroux 1821 demosponge | |
? Rhoptrum sp. Schrammen 1910 demosponge | |
? Siphonia sp. Goldfuss 1826 demosponge | |
? Corallistes sp. demosponge
Corallistes multiosculata Frisone et al. 2016 demosponge | |
Ozotrachelus conicus Roemer 1841 demosponge | |
Platychonia sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge | |
? Jereopsis cf. sobolifera, ? Jereopsis cf. clavaeformis, Jereopsis clavaeformis, ? Jereopsis cf. inaequalis
? Jereopsis cf. sobolifera demosponge
? Jereopsis cf. clavaeformis Pomel 1872 demosponge
Jereopsis clavaeformis Pomel 1872 demosponge
? Jereopsis cf. inaequalis Pomel 1872 demosponge | |
? Phlyctia aff. expansa Pomel 1872 demosponge | |
Verruculina ambigua Pomel 1872 demosponge | |
Stachyspongia sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge
? Pliobolia vermiculata Pomel 1872 demosponge
Bolidium bertii Frisone et al. 2016 demosponge | |
Astrosclera sp. Lister 1900 demosponge | |
Vaceletia progenitor Pickett 1982 demosponge | |
Rigonia plicata | |
Rigonia plicata Frisone et al. 2016 |