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: Ionian to Ionian (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)
• uninterrupted marine sedimentary record of MIS 5e.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; green, red claystone
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 157642: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 27.06.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Angiospermae | |
Olea sp. Linnaeus 1753 olive | |
Rosaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 rose | |
Brassicaceae indet. Burnett 1835 | |
Pinopsida | |
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine | |
Syracosphaera | |
Coccolithophyceae | |
Coccolithus pelagicus Wallich 1877
Pontosphaera sp. Lohmann 1961 | |
Foraminifera | |
Globigerinoides ruber d'Orbigny 1839
Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826
Orbulina universa d'Orbigny 1839 | |
"Globorotalia inflata" = Globoconella inflata
"Globorotalia inflata" = Globoconella inflata d'Orbigny 1839 | |
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Globothalamea | |
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Foraminifera | |
Angulogerina angulosa Williamson 1848 | |
Ostracoda | |
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Dinophyceae | |
Spiniferites ramosus Lentin and Williams 1973 | |
Impagidinium sp. Stover and Evitt 1978 | |