Madrepora mound, Tuscan Archipelago (Pleistocene of Italy)

Also known as Reef 3372

Where: Italy (43.2° N, 9.6° E: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 9.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• "Latest Pleistocene"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basin reef; unlithified bafflestone and unlithified claystone

• Deep-water coral mound

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Collection methods: core,

• Dredge samples

Primary reference: A. Remia and M. Taviani. 2005. Shallow-buried Pleistocene Madrepora-dominated coral mounds on a muddy continental slope, Tuscan Archipelago, NE Tyrrhenian Sea. Facies 50(3-4):419-425 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49518: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 19.04.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Complete list
Foraminifera
 Buliminoidea - Buliminidae
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Dentalina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Nodosariida - Stilostomellidae
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Foraminifera
  -
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Foraminifera
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
Elphidium sp. Monfort 1808
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Cornuspiridae
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Pyrgo sp. Defrance 1824
Sigmoilina sp. Schlumberger 1887
Foraminifera
  -
 Rotaliina - Cassidulinidae
Cassidulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Buliminacea - Uvigerinidae
 Planorbulinacea - Planorbulinidae
 Rotaliina - Bolivinidae
Brizalina sp. Costa 1856
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Madrepora oculata Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
dominant reef builder
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Ceratotrochus magnaghii Cecchini 1914 stony coral
Desmophyllum dianthus Esper 1794 stony coral
Caryophyllia calveri Duncan 1873 stony coral
Caryophyllia smithii Stokes and Broderip 1828 stony coral
Lophelia pertusa Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Javania cailleti Duchassaing and Michelotti 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Guyniidae
Stenocyathus vermiformis Pourtales 1868 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Dendrophyllia cornigera Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Balanophyllia thalassae Zibrowius 1980 stony coral
Polyplacophora
  -
Polyplacophora indet. de Blainville 1816 chiton
3 species mentioned
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
88 species mentioned
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Emarginula sp. Lamarck 1801 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
 Heterostropha - Murchisonellidae
Ebala sp. Gray 1847 snail
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
44 species mentioned
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Scaphopoda
  -
Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862 tusk shell
5 species mentioned
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Terebratulina retusa Linnaeus 1758
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Gryphus vitreus Born 1778
 Terebratulida - Platidiidae
Platidia anomioides Scacchi and Philippi 1844
 Terebratulida - Kraussinidae
Megerlia truncata Linnaeus 1767
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Neocrania sp. Lee and Brunton 2001
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
several species
Protula sp. Risso 1826
Semivermilia sp. Imajima 1978
 Serpulimorpha -
Ostracoda
 Myodocopida - Polycopidae
Polycope sp. ostracod
 Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
Henryhowella sp. Puri 1957 ostracod
 Podocopida - Paradoxostomatidae
 Podocopida - Bythocyprididae
Bythocypris sp. Brady 1880 ostracod
 Podocopida - Pontocyprididae