Nago, Italy: Priabonian, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
- Corallinaceae
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Jania cf. nummulitica
Lemoine 1927
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Bassi 1998 | |||||||||
Corallina sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bassi 1998 | |||||||||
Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
- Spongitaceae
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Spongites sp.
Kützing 1841
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Bassi 1998 | common category | ||||||||
3 species | ||||||||||
Neogoniolithon sp.
Setchell and Mason 1943
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Bassi 1998 | common category | ||||||||
2 species | ||||||||||
Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
- Hydrolithaceae
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Hydrolithon sp.
Foslie 1909
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Bassi 1998 | |||||||||
Lithoporella minus
Johnson 1964
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Bassi 1998 | |||||||||
Lithoporella melobesioides
Foslie 1909
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Bassi 1998 | common category | ||||||||
Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
- Peyssonneliaceae
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Polystrata alba
(Pfender 1936)
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Bassi 1998 | |||||||||
Florideophyceae
- Sporolithales
- Sporolithaceae
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Sporolithon sp.
(Rothpletz 1891)
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Bassi 1998 | |||||||||
original and current combination Archaeolithothamnium | ||||||||||
Sporolithon aschersoni
(Schwager 1883)
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Bassi 1998 | |||||||||
Florideophyceae
- Hapalidiales
- Lithothamniacae
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Lithothamnion sp.
Heydrich 1897
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Bassi 1998 | |||||||||
2 species | ||||||||||
Florideophyceae
- Hapalidiales
- Mesophyllaceae
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Mesophyllum sp.
Lemoine 1930
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Bassi 1998 | |||||||||
Rhodophyceae
- Solenoporaceae
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Solenomeris sp.
Douvillé 1924
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Bosellini and Papazzoni 2013 | 15 %-specimens | ||||||||
Ulvophyceae
- Bryopsidales
- Halimedaceae
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Halimeda sp.
Lamouroux 1812
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Bassi 1998 | |||||||||
unclassified
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Foraminifera indet.
Eichwald 1830
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Bosellini and Papazzoni 2013 | 3 %-specimens | ||||||||
Victoriellidae
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Victoriellidae indet.
Chapman and Crespin 1930
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Bosellini and Papazzoni 2013 | 10 %-specimens | ||||||||
Planorbulinidae
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Planorbulina bronnimanni
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Bosellini and Papazzoni 2013 | 3 %-specimens | ||||||||
Homotrematidae
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Carpenteria sp.
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Bosellini and Papazzoni 2013 | 7 %-specimens | ||||||||
Miniacina multicamerata
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Bosellini and Papazzoni 2013 | 6 %-specimens | ||||||||
Miniacina aff. multiformis
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Bosellini and Papazzoni 2013 | 15 %-specimens | ||||||||
Miniacina informal sp. 1
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Bosellini and Papazzoni 2013 | 15 %-specimens | ||||||||
unclassified
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Fabiania cassis
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Bosellini and Papazzoni 2013 | 3 %-specimens | ||||||||
Lituolida
- Lituolidae
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Haddonia heissigi
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Bosellini and Papazzoni 2013 | 2 %-specimens | ||||||||
Haplophragmoiidae
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Placopsilina informal sp. 1
d'Orbigny 1850
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Bosellini and Papazzoni 2013 | 2 %-specimens | ||||||||
Globothalamea
- Loftusiida
- Acervulinidae
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Acervulina linearis
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Bosellini and Papazzoni 2013 | 30 %-specimens | ||||||||
Gypsina globula
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Bosellini and Papazzoni 2013 | 2 %-specimens | ||||||||
Gypsina mastelensis
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Bosellini and Papazzoni 2013 | 2 %-specimens | ||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Actinacididae
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Actinacis rollei
Reuss 1864
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70 %-area | |||||||||
percent refers to corals only | ||||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Goniopora sp.
Blainville 1830
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1 %-area | |||||||||
Goniopora rudis
(Reuss 1869)
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rare category | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Agariciidae
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Cyathoseris sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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rare category | |||||||||
Pavona bronni
(Haime 1850)
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rare category | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Pocilloporidae
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Stylophora sp.
Schweigger 1819
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rare category | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Acroporidae
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Alveopora rudis
Reuss 1864
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rare category | |||||||||
Acropora sp.
Oken 1815
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rare category | |||||||||
Astreopora tecta
(Catullo 1856)
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2 %-area | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Euphylliidae
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Plocophyllia bartai
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20 %-area | |||||||||
synonym of Euphyllia | ||||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Agathiphylliidae
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Agathiphyllia gregaria
(Catullo 1852)
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rare category | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Antiguastrea lucasiana
(Defrance 1826)
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rare category | |||||||||
Cereiphyllia tenuis
(Reuss 1868)
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5 %-area | |||||||||
recombined as Cladocora tenuis | ||||||||||
Caulastrea fusinieri
(Catullo 1847)
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2 %-area | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Mussidae
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Leptomussa sp.
d'Archiardi 1867
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rare category | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montastraeidae
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Montastrea guettardi
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rare category | |||||||||
original and current combination Montastraea | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Bassi 1998 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Italy |
Coordinates: | 45.9° North, 10.9° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 42.0° North, 9.0° East |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
*Period: | Early/Lower Tertiary | *Epoch: | Late/Upper Eocene |
Key time interval: | Priabonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Nago Limestone | ||
Local section: | F3 | Local bed: | 1 |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "reef rocks" | ||
Lithology description: Massive coral beds (total thickness 12 m), clinostratified | |||
Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | cast,original calcite,replaced with calcite |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Bioerosion: | occasional |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | all microfossils |
Collection methods: | field collection,observed (not collected) |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Reef 2319 | ||
Database number: | 13354 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | W. Kiessling, M. Krause |
Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2002-03-04 08:03:40 | Last modified: | 2005-12-06 13:48:42 |
Access level: | database members | Released: | 2002-03-04 08:03:40 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
5994. | F. R. Bosellini. 1998. Diversity, composition and structure of Late Eocene shelf-edge coral associations (Nago Limestone, Northern Italy). Facies 39:203-226 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |
Secondary references:
6858 | D. Bassi. 1998. Coralline algal facies and their palaeoenvironments in the Late Eocene of northern Italy (Calcare di Nago, Trento). Facies 39:179-202 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] | |
48390 | F. R. Bosellini and C. A. Papazzoni. 2013. Palaeoecological significance of coral−encrusting foraminiferan associations: A case−study from the Upper Eocene of northern Italy. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48(2):279-292 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause] |