Where: Rome, Italy (42.9° N, 12.9° E: paleocoordinates 28.9° N, 13.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithified, massive limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: L. Simone, G. Carannante, D. Ruberti, M. Sirna, G. Sirna, A. Laviano, and M. Tropeano. 2003. Development of rudist lithosomes in the Coniacian-Lower Campanian carbonate shelves of central-southern Italy: high-energy vs low-energy settings. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 200:5-29 [W. Kiessling/A. Lauchstedt/A. Lauchstedt]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 162616: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Andreas Lauchstedt on 30.09.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Foraminifera | |
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Rotaliidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839 | |
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Textulariidae indet. Ehrenberg 1838 | |
| Tubothalamea | |
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Nubeculariidae indet. Jones 1875 | |
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Miliolidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839 | |
| Globothalamea | |
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Discorbidae indet. Ehrenberg 1838 | |
| Foraminifera | |
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Dicyclina schlumbergeri Munier-Chalmas 1887 | |
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Thaumatoporella parvovesiculifera Raineri 1922 | |
| Deuteropoda | |
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Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod | |
| Bivalvia | |
Vaccinites boehmi, Vaccinites fortisi, Vaccinites gosaviensis, Vaccinites vredenburgi, Vaccinites sulcatus, Hippurites nabresinensis, Hippurites socialis, Hippurites colliciatus
Vaccinites boehmi rudist
Vaccinites fortisi rudist
Vaccinites gosaviensis rudist
Vaccinites vredenburgi Kuehn 1932 rudist
Vaccinites sulcatus Defrance 1821 rudist
Hippurites nabresinensis rudist
Hippurites socialis rudist
Hippurites colliciatus Woodward 1855 rudist | |
"Plagioptychus paradoxus" = Plagioptychus aguilloni
"Plagioptychus paradoxus" = Plagioptychus aguilloni d'Orbigny 1840 rudist | |