Where: Apulia, Italy (40.5° N, 17.3° E: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 17.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Blue Clay Formation, Ionian (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• uninterrupted marine sedimentary record of MIS 5e.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; gray claystone and siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. Amorosi, F. Antonioli, A. Bertini, S. Marabini, G. Mastronuzzi, P. Montagna, A. Negri, V. Rossi, D. Scarponi, M. Taviani, L. Angeletti, A. Piva, and G. B. Vai. 2014. The Middle–Upper Pleistocene Fronte Section (Taranto, Italy): An exceptionally preserved marine record of the Last Interglacial. Global and Planetary Change 119:23-38 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 157640: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 27.06.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Coccolithophyceae | |
Pontosphaera sp. Lohmann 1961
Coccolithus pelagicus Wallich 1877 | |
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Syracosphaera | |
Foraminifera | |
"Globorotalia inflata" = Globoconella inflata
"Globorotalia inflata" = Globoconella inflata d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826
Globigerinoides ruber d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Bolivina sp. d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ephedra sp. Linnaeus 1753 jointfir | |
Angiospermae | |
Brassicaceae indet. Burnett 1835 | |
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak | |
Pterocarya sp. Kunth 1824 wingnut
Carya sp. Nuttall 1818 hickory | |
Ulmus sp. Linnaeus 1753 elm | |
Chenopodiaceae indet. Ventenant 1799 | |
Plantago sp. Linnaeus 1753 plantain | |
Asteraceae indet. Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy
Artemisia sp. Linnaeus 1753 daisy | |
Pinopsida | |
Dinophyceae | |
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Life | |
Calcidiscus leptoporus Murray and Blackman 1898 |