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 | |
| Florideophyceae | |
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Sporolithon sp. Rothpletz 1891
Sporolithon aff. oulianovi Pfender 1956
"Sporolithon aff. lugeoni" = Sporolithon lugeonii Pfender 1926 | |
Peyssonneliaceae indet., Polystrata alba, cf. Peyssonnelia taeniiformis, Corallina abundans, Pycnoporidium levantinum, Parachaetetes asvapatii, Lithoporella sp.
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Lithothamnion sp. Heydrich 1897 | |
| Hydrozoa | |
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Tubiphytes sp. Maslov 1956 | |
| Anthozoa | |
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Cladocora sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral | |
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Rhizangia padricensis Turnsek 1998 stony coral | |
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Actinacis barretti Wells 1934 stony coral | |
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Stylocoenia neutra Barta-Calmus 1973 stony coral | |
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"Acropora" esperanza stony coral
Alveopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
| Tubothalamea | |
| Globothalamea | |
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Anomalina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
| Foraminifera | |
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Gaudryina sp. d'Orbigny 1839 | |
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Ranikothalia cf. sindensis Davies 1927 | |
| Ulvophyceae | |
| Chlorophyceae | |
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Acicularia sp. d'Archiac 1843 | |
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Clypeina sp. Michelin 1845 | |