Also known as Ittiri-B
Where: Sardinia, Italy (40.6° N, 8.5° E: paleocoordinates 42.5° N, 4.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Marne di Borutta Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• "The Ittiri Section (Fig. 3B) consists of approximately 5 m of sandy sediments within the Marne di Borutta Formation."
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: A. Mancosu and J. H. Nebelsick. 2015. The origin and paleoecology of clypeasteroid assemblages from different shelf settings of the Miocene of Sardinia, Italy. Palaios 30(5):373-387 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 187333: authorized by Phil Novack-Gottshall, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 21.07.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Thecostraca | |
Balanidae indet. Leach 1817 barnacle | |
Bivalvia | |
Pectinida indet. Gray 1854 scallop | |
Echinoidea | |
Clypeaster sp. Lamarck 1801 sand dollar | |
Schizaster sp. Agassiz 1835 heart urchin | |
Conolampas sp. Agassiz 1883 sea urchin |