Alburni Mountain, Petina: Middle Albian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes
Lepidotes sp. Agassiz 1832
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes
Pycnodontiformes indet. Berg 1937
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Coelodus sp. Haeckel
Actinopteri - Pachycormiformes
Clupavus sp.
Actinopteri - Albuliformes - Albulidae
Prochanos cf. rectifrons Bassani 1879
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palinuridae
Palinurus sp. Weber 1795
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae
Portunidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palaemonidae
Alburnia petinensis n. gen., n. sp. Bravi and Garassino 1998
Bennettitales
Zamites sp. Brongniart 1828
Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
? Podozamites sp. Braun 1843
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Pagiophyllum sp. Heer 1881
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Salerno
Coordinates: 40.5° North, 15.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:22.2° North, 15.4° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Albian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 4
Key time interval:Middle Albian
Age range of interval:109.90000 - 106.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination,dolomitic lithified lime mudstone
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Geology comments: Markedly restricted subtidal lagoonal environment, with stratified water, almost completely lacking oxygen at the bottom and with very poor exchanges with the open sea
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Museo di Paleontologia di Napoli
Metadata
Database number:127349
Authorizer:C. Schweitzer, M. Clapham Enterer:E. Johnson, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:decapod,marine invertebrate,vertebrate
Created:2012-05-10 04:16:49 Last modified:2017-04-03 23:03:05
Access level:authorizer only Released:2017-05-10 04:16:49
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
41445.decapod S. Bravi and A. Garassino. 1998. Plattenkalk of the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) of Petina, in the Alburni Mounts (Campania, S Italy), and its decapod crustacean assemblage. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 138(1-2):89-118 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Clapham]