Also known as Reef 907
Where: Italy (42.2° N, 14.2° E: paleocoordinates 32.4° N, 12.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Avella Formation, Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)
• 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 24270: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 04.08.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Clypeina sp. Michelin 1845 | |
Acicularia sp. d'Archiac 1843 | |
Ulvophyceae | |
Foraminifera | |
Ranikothalia cf. sindensis Davies 1927 | |
Globothalamea | |
Anomalina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Foraminifera | |
Tubothalamea | |
Foraminifera | |
Gaudryina sp. d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Florideophyceae | |
Sporolithon sp. Rothpletz 1891
"Sporolithon aff. lugeoni" = Sporolithon lugeonii Pfender 1926
Sporolithon aff. oulianovi Pfender 1956 | |
Lithothamnion sp. Heydrich 1897 | |
Peyssonneliaceae indet., Polystrata alba, cf. Peyssonnelia taeniiformis, Corallina abundans, Lithoporella sp.
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909 | |
Rhodophyceae | |
Parachaetetes asvapatii Pia 1936
Pycnoporidium levantinum Johnson 1964 | |
Anthozoa | |
Rhizangia padricensis Turnsek 1998 stony coral | |
Cladocora sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral | |
Alveopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
"Acropora" esperanza stony coral | |
Stylocoenia neutra Barta-Calmus 1973 stony coral | |
Actinacis barretti Wells 1934 stony coral | |
Hydrozoa | |
Tubiphytes sp. Maslov 1956 |