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