Where: Italy (40.5° N, 15.5° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 27.0° N, 22.9° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Coniacian to Late/Upper Coniacian (89.8 - 83.6 Ma)
• PJW: Fabi et al. (2020: Journal of Mediterranean Earth Sciences 12:87-103) refer to this as the Radiolitid Limestone.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified floatstone and lithified grainstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: R. Cestari and A. Laviano. 2012. Rudist facies distribution in the late Cretaceous of Cilento and western Basilicata (southern Italy). Revista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 118(2):277-294 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 138399: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 17.01.2013
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Plagioptychus paradoxus" = Plagioptychus aguilloni
"Plagioptychus paradoxus" = Plagioptychus aguilloni d'Orbigny 1840 rudist | |
Paronella ostunensis rudist
Lapeirousella sp. Milovanovic 1938 rudist | |
Vaccinites fortisi rudist |