Castelnuovo Reef, Livornesi Mountains, Rosignano Limestone, Tuscany (Miocene of Italy)

Also known as Reef 965

Where: Italy (43.4° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 10.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Castelnuovo Member (Rosignano Limestone Formation), Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• coral reef mounds, less than 15 m thick and a few hundred meters wide, with abundant terrigenous-siliciclastic interbeds

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 69899: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.03.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp., Porites cf. calabricae, Porites lobatosepta
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Porites cf. calabricae Chevalier 1961 stony coral
Porites lobatosepta Chevalier 1961 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea crenulata
Siderastrea crenulata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea sp.
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae
Heliastrea sp.
Heliastrea sp. Milne Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet.
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca sp.
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata, Pecten dunkeri, Pecten stazzanensis, Pecten marvilensis
"Chlamys multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata Poli 1795 scallop
Ostracoda
 Podocopida -
Loxocorniculum sp.
Loxocorniculum sp. Benson and Coleman 1963 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Neonesidea sp.
Neonesidea sp. Maddocks 1962 ostracod
 Podocopida -
Capsacythere sp., Cletocythereis sp.
 Podocopida - Loxoconchidae
Loxoconcha sp.
Loxoconcha sp. Sars 1866 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Cytheridea sp.
Cytheridea sp. Bosquet 1852 ostracod
 Podocopida - Xestoleberididae
Xestoleberis sp.
Xestoleberis sp. Sars 1866 ostracod
 Podocopida - Hemicytheridae
Aurila sp., Pokornyella sp.
Aurila sp. ostracod
Pokornyella sp. Oertil 1956 ostracod
 Podocopida - Leptocytheridae
Callistocythere sp.
Callistocythere sp. Ruggieri 1953 ostracod
 Podocopida -
Tenedocythere sp.
Foraminifera
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
Elphidium sp.
Elphidium sp. Monfort 1808
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Ammonia sp.
Ammonia sp. Bruennich 1772
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Miliolidae indet.
Miliolidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Rosalinidae
Neoconorbina sp.
Neoconorbina sp. Hofker 1951
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Rosalina sp.
Rosalina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Rotaliida - Glabratellidae
Glabratella sp.
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Corallinaceae indet.
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816