Ittiri, facies C (Miocene of Italy)

Also known as Ittiri-C

Where: Sardinia, Italy (40.6° N, 8.5° E: paleocoordinates 42.5° N, 4.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Marne di Borutta Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• "The Ittiri Section (Fig. 3B) consists of approximately 5 m of sandy sediments within the Marne di Borutta Formation."

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; calcareous sandstone

• "moderate- to low-energy sublittoral environment"
• "Facies Ittiri-C consists of one meter of well-sorted, fine calcareous sandstone similar to Facies Ittiri-B, although the fossil content consists of irregular echinoids belonging to genus Schizaster and pectinid remains." When underlain by Facies Ittiri-B, contact is gradual.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: A. Mancosu and J. H. Nebelsick. 2015. The origin and paleoecology of clypeasteroid assemblages from different shelf settings of the Miocene of Sardinia, Italy. Palaios 30(5):373-387 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 187334: authorized by Phil Novack-Gottshall, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 21.07.2017

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Taxonomic list

• Only burrowing echinoids (mostly clypeasteroids) described.
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Bivalvia
 Ostreiformii -
Pectinida indet.
Pectinida indet. Gray 1854 scallop
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizaster sp.
Schizaster sp. Agassiz 1835 heart urchin