GB-84.40 (Cretaceous of Italy)

Where: Italy (43.4° N, 12.6° E: paleocoordinates 26.3° N, 12.9° E)

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Scaglia Bianca Formation, Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); lithified chert

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original silica, replaced with silica

Collection methods: chemical, sieve,

Primary reference: L. O'Dogherty. 1994. Biochronology an Paleontology of Mid-Cretaceous Radiolarians from Northern Apennines (Italy) and Betic Cordillera (Spain). Memoires de Geologie (Lausanne) (21)1-415 [T. Danelian/T. Danelian]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78742: authorized by Taniel Danelian, entered by Taniel Danelian on 15.02.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Protozoa
 Radiolaria - Actinommidae
 Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae
? Archaeocenosphaera mellifera O'Dogherty 1994 radiolarian
Triactoma compressa radiolarian
Triactoma cellulosa Foreman 1973 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
"Ultranapora crassispina" = Napora, "Ultranapora praespinifera" = Napora
"Ultranapora crassispina" = Napora radiolarian
"Ultranapora praespinifera" = Napora radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae
 Nassellaria - Spongocapsulidae
Torculum dengoi radiolarian
Torculum coronatum Squinabol 1904 radiolarian
Anachoreta sagitta radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Pseudodictyomitridae
Pseudodictyomitra pseudomacrocephala Squinabol 1903 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Xitidae
Crolanium pulchrum radiolarian
Xitus mclaughlini radiolarian
Xitus spinosus radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae
Stichomitra magna radiolarian
Stichomitra communis Squinabol 1903 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Obeliscoitidae
 Nassellaria - Archaeodictyomitridae
Thanarla veneta Squinabol 1903 radiolarian
Thanarla pulchra Squinabol 1904 radiolarian
Dictyomitra obesa radiolarian
Dictyomitra montisserei Squinabol 1903 radiolarian
Dictyomitra formosa Squinabol 1904 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Acropyramididae
 Nassellaria -
 Nassellaria - Neosciadiocapsidae
 Nassellaria - Carpocaniidae
 Nassellaria - Cannobotryidae
 Nassellaria - Rotaformidae
Rotaforma haeckeli radiolarian
Rotaforma mirabilis radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
 Entactinaria - Quinquecapsulariidae
 Spumellaria - Pyramispongiidae
 Spumellaria - Patulibracchiidae
Halesium nevianii radiolarian
Halesium diacanthum radiolarian
Halesium amissum radiolarian
Halesium triacanthum Squinabol 1903 radiolarian
Pessagnobrachia fabianii Squinabol 1914 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Cavaspongiidae
 Spumellaria - Pseudoaulophacidae
Dactyliodiscus lenticulatus Jud 1994 radiolarian
Godia coronata radiolarian
Godia concava Li and Wu 1985 radiolarian
Becus horridus radiolarian
Becus regius radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Dactyliosphaeridae
 Spumellaria - Parvivaccidae
"Acaeniotyle diaphorogona" = Acastea diaphorogona Foreman 1973 radiolarian
Acaeniotyle vitalis radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
 Spumellaria - Astrosphaeridae
 Spumellaria - Sponguridae
Patellula spica radiolarian
Patellula cognata radiolarian
Patellula minuscula radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Crucella euganea radiolarian
Crucella irwini Pessagno 1971 radiolarian
Crucella messinae Pessagno 1971 radiolarian
Savaryella quadra radiolarian
Savaryella spinosa radiolarian
Savaryella sinistra radiolarian
Actinopteri
 Acanthuriformes - Sciaenidae