PBDB Collection

Madrepora mound, Tuscan Archipelago (Pleistocene of Italy)

Also known as Reef 3372

Where: Italy (43.2° N, 9.6° E: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 9.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• "Latest Pleistocene"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basin reef; unlithified bafflestone and unlithified claystone

• Deep-water coral mound

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Collection methods: core,

• Dredge samples

Primary reference: A. Remia and M. Taviani. 2005. Shallow-buried Pleistocene Madrepora-dominated coral mounds on a muddy continental slope, Tuscan Archipelago, NE Tyrrhenian Sea. Facies 50(3-4):419-425 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49518: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 19.04.2005

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Ostracoda
Myodocopida - Polycopidae	Polycope sp. Polycope sp. ostracod
Podocopida - Pontocyprididae	Argilloecia acuminata Argilloecia acuminata ostracod
Podocopida - Trachyleberididae	Henryhowella sp. Henryhowella sp. Puri 1957 ostracod
Podocopida - Paradoxostomatidae	Paracytherois sp. Paracytherois sp. ostracod
Podocopida - Bythocyprididae	Bythocypris sp. Bythocypris sp. Brady 1880 ostracod
Scaphopoda
-	Scaphopoda indet. Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862 tusk shell 5 species mentioned
Gastropoda
-	Gastropoda indet. Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail 88 species mentioned
Heterostropha - Murchisonellidae	Ebala sp. Ebala sp. Gray 1847 snail
Neogastropoda - Muricidae	Coralliophila squamosa Coralliophila squamosa murex snail
Lepetellida - Fissurellidae	Emarginula sp. Emarginula sp. Lamarck 1801 snail
Polyplacophora
-	Polyplacophora indet. Polyplacophora indet. de Blainville 1816 chiton 3 species mentioned
Bivalvia
-	Bivalvia indet. Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam 44 species mentioned
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Spondylus gussonii Spondylus gussonii scallop
Arcida - Arcidae	Asperarca nodulosa Asperarca nodulosa clam
Rhynchonellata
Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae	Terebratulina retusa Terebratulina retusa Linnaeus 1758
Terebratulida - Terebratulidae	Gryphus vitreus Gryphus vitreus Born 1778
Terebratulida - Kraussinidae	Megerlia truncata Megerlia truncata Linnaeus 1767
Terebratulida - Platidiidae	Platidia davidsoni, Platidia anomioides Platidia davidsoni Platidia anomioides Scacchi and Philippi 1844
Craniata
Craniida - Craniidae	Neocrania sp. Neocrania sp. Lee and Brunton 2001
Polychaeta
Sabellida - Serpulidae	Janua sp., Serpula sp., Protula sp., Ditrupa arietina, Semivermilia sp. Janua sp. Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758 several species Protula sp. Risso 1826 Ditrupa arietina Semivermilia sp. Imajima 1978
Serpulimorpha -	cf. Pileolaria sp., Filogranula sp., Placostegus tridentatus, Metavermilia multicristata cf. Pileolaria sp. Filogranula sp. Placostegus tridentatus Metavermilia multicristata
Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Oculinidae	Madrepora oculata Madrepora oculata Linnaeus 1758 stony coral dominant reef builder
Scleractinia - Guyniidae	Stenocyathus vermiformis Stenocyathus vermiformis Pourtales 1868 stony coral
Scleractinia - Flabellidae	Javania cailleti Javania cailleti Duchassaing and Michelotti 1864 stony coral
Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae	Caryophyllia calveri, Caryophyllia smithii, Desmophyllum dianthus, Ceratotrochus magnaghii, Lophelia pertusa Caryophyllia calveri Duncan 1873 stony coral Caryophyllia smithii Stokes and Broderip 1828 stony coral Desmophyllum dianthus Esper 1794 stony coral Ceratotrochus magnaghii Cecchini 1914 stony coral Lophelia pertusa Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae	Balanophyllia thalassae, Dendrophyllia cornigera Balanophyllia thalassae Zibrowius 1980 stony coral Dendrophyllia cornigera Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Foraminifera
Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae	Ammonia aff. beccarii Ammonia aff. beccarii
Planorbulinacea - Planorbulinidae	Hyalinea balthica Hyalinea balthica
Buliminacea - Uvigerinidae	Uvigerina mediterranea, Uvigerina peregrina, Uvigerina proboscidea Uvigerina mediterranea Uvigerina peregrina Uvigerina proboscidea
Rotaliina - Cassidulinidae	Cassidulina sp. Cassidulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Rotaliina - Bolivinidae	Brizalina sp. Brizalina sp. Costa 1856
Tubothalamea
Miliolida - Cornuspiridae	Cornuspira involvens Cornuspira involvens
Miliolida - Miliolidae	Sigmoilina sp., Pyrgo sp. Sigmoilina sp. Schlumberger 1887 Pyrgo sp. Defrance 1824
Miliolida - Hauerinidae	Quinqueloculina sp. Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Foraminifera
-	Paromalina coronata Paromalina coronata
Buliminoidea - Buliminidae	Bulimina inflata, Bulimina marginata, Praeglobobulimina pupoides Bulimina inflata Bulimina marginata d'Orbigny 1826 Praeglobobulimina pupoides
Lituolida - Lituolidae	Bigenerina nodosaria, Textularia sp. Bigenerina nodosaria Textularia sp. Defrance 1824
Globothalamea
Rotaliida - Cibicididae	Planulina ariminensis, Cibicides lobulatus, Cibicidoides sp. Planulina ariminensis Cibicides lobulatus Cibicidoides sp.
Foraminifera
Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae	Elphidium sp. Elphidium sp. Monfort 1808
-	Lagenodosaria scalaris Lagenodosaria scalaris
Nodosariata
Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae	Saracenaria italica, Lenticulina sp. Saracenaria italica Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
Nodosariida - Stilostomellidae	Stilostomella sp. Stilostomella sp.
Nodosariida - Nodosariidae	Dentalina sp. Dentalina sp. d'Orbigny 1826