Also known as Reef 2641
Where: Italy (36.7° N, 15.1° E: paleocoordinates 24.7° N, 12.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone and lithified bafflestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. Camoin, M. C. Bernet-Rollande, and J. Philip. 1988. Rudist-coral frameworks associated with submarine volcanism in the Maastrichtian of the Pachino area (Sicily). Sedimentology 35:123-138 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 74623: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.08.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Florideophyceae | |
"Pseudolithothamnium album" = Polystrata alba, Corallinaceae indet.
"Pseudolithothamnium album" = Polystrata alba Pfender 1936
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816 | |
Rhodophyceae | |
Solenomeris sp. Douvillé 1924 | |
Anthozoa | |
Faviidae indet. Gregory 1900 stony coral | |
Astrocoeniidae indet. Koby 1890 stony coral | |
Actinacis martiniana d’Orbigny 1850 stony coral | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
Stromatoporoidea indet. stromatoporoid sponge | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Gastropoda | |
"Actaeonella sp." = Acteonella
"Actaeonella sp." = Acteonella d'Orbigny 1843 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Apricardia pachiniana rudist | |
Mitrocaprina sp. Boehm 1895 rudist
Plagioptychus aff. tibeticus rudist | |
Neoradiolites serbicus, Pseudopolyconites laskarevi, Biradiolites sp., Joufia reticulata, Durania sp.
Neoradiolites serbicus rudist
Pseudopolyconites laskarevi rudist
Biradiolites sp. d'Orbigny 1850 rudist
Joufia reticulata Boehm 1897 rudist
Durania sp. Douvillé 1908 rudist | |
Sabinia aniensis rudist
Sabinia sp. Parona 1908 rudist | |
Cyanophyceae | |
Bacinella sp. Radoicic 1959 |