Also known as Reef 730
Where: Italy (37.2° N, 15.1° E: paleocoordinates 36.9° N, 14.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Siracusa Limestone Member (Monti Climiti Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: slope or ramp reef; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. Pedley. 1996. Miocene reef facies of the pelagian region (Central Mediterranean). SEPM Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology 5:247-259 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 69925: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.03.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Homotrematidae indet. Cushman 1927 | |
Florideophyceae | |
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816 | |
Anthozoa | |
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral | |
Palaeoplesiastraea sp. Chevalier 1961 stony coral | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
Siderastrea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Cidaridae indet. Gray 1825 pencil urchin | |
Gastropoda | |
Vermetus sp. Daudin 1800 worm shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Heterodonta indet. Neumayr 1884 clam | |
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam | |
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam | |
Panopea sp. Menard 1807 clam | |
Gastrochaena sp. Spengler 1783 clam | |
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Terebratula sp. Müller 1776 | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 | |
Crustacea | |
Crustacea indet. Brünnich 1772 |