Mossano village, small Nummulites and rhodolith packstone facies: Priabonian, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Florideophyceae
- Hapalidiales
- Lithothamniacae
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Lithothamnion sp.
Heydrich 1897
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24 %-specimens | ||||||
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Florideophyceae
- Hapalidiales
- Mesophyllaceae
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Mesophyllum sp.
Lemoine 1930
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18 %-specimens | ||||||
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Florideophyceae
- Sporolithales
- Sporolithaceae
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Sporolithon sp.
(Rothpletz 1891)
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15 %-specimens | ||||||
| original and current combination Archaeolithothamnium | |||||||
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Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
- Spongitaceae
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Spongites sp.
Kützing 1841
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6 %-specimens | ||||||
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Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
- Hydrolithaceae
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Lithoporella melobesioides
Foslie 1909
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18 %-specimens | ||||||
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Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
- Peyssonneliaceae
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Polystrata alba
(Pfender 1936)
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19 %-specimens | ||||||
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unclassified
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Eorupertia sp.
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Globothalamea
- Loftusiida
- Acervulinidae
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Sphaerogypsina sp.
Galloway 1933
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unclassified
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Chapmanina sp.
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Fabiania sp.
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Camerinidae
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Pellatispira madaraszi
(Hantken 1876)
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| original and current combination Nummulites madaraszi | |||||||
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Nummulitidae
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Heterostegina sp.
d'Orbigny 1826
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Spiroclypeus granulosus
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Assilina cf. alpina
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Nummulites sp.
Lamarck 1801
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Geography
| Country: | Italy |
| Coordinates: | 45.4° North, 11.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.5° North, 9.6° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Priabonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | packstone |
| Lithology description: Coarse grained packstones dominated by large benthic foraminifera and corallines. These bioclastic calcarenites locally exhibit small-to-medium scale trough crossbedding. | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 147704 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause |
| Modifier: | M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-07-12 00:33:59 | Last modified: | 2013-07-12 03:26:42 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2013-10-12 00:33:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 47541. | D. Bassi. 2005. The Upper Eocene crustose coralline algal pavement in the Colli Berici, north-eastern Italy. Annali dell’Università degli Studi di Ferrara Museologia Scientifica e Naturalistica [W. Kiessling/M. Krause] |