Murge area: Santonian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Earlandiidae
Aeolisaccus barattoloi
Aeolisaccus kotori
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Nubeculariidae
Nubeculariidae indet. Jones 1875
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Soritidae
Pseudorhapydionina mediterranea
Scandonea samnitica
Murgella lata
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Keramosphaeridae
Keramosphaerina tergestina
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Miliolidae
Miliolidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Nummoloculina robusta
Cuneolinidae
Cuneolina pavonia
Dicyclinidae
Dicyclina schlumbergeri Munier-Chalmas 1887
Nautiloculinidae
Murgeina apula
Valvulinidae
Valvulinidae indet. Reuss 1860
Pfenderinidae
Accordiella conica
Cyclamminidae
Pseudocyclammina sphaeroidea
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Gavelinellidae
Stensioeina surrentina
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Rotorbinella scarsellai
unclassified
Montcharmontia apenninica
Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textulariidae indet. Ehrenberg 1838
Rotaliidae
Rotalia trochidiformis Lamarck 1804
unclassified
Sgrossoella parthenopeia De Castro 1969
Thaumatoporellales
Thaumatoporella parvovesiculifera (Raineri 1922)
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
Hippurites nabresinensis
Hippurites socialis
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Medeella zignana (Pirona 1869)
Rajka spinosa
Biradiolites angulosissimus
Biradiolites fissicostatus d'Orbigny 1847
Jerinella klinae
Bournonia wiontzeki
Bournonia excavata d'Orbigny 1847
Sauvagesia tenuicostata Polsak 1967
Gorjanovicia costata
Gorjanovicia paronai
Durania apula
Durania japigiae
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Apulia
Coordinates: 40.7° North, 16.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.9° North, 16.0° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Santonian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 6
Key time interval:Santonian
Age range of interval:86.30000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:offshore shelf
Geology comments: Low-energy internal settings
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:162655
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:A. Lauchstedt
Modifier:A. Lauchstedt
Created:2014-10-01 03:26:28 Last modified:2014-10-01 06:20:21
Access level:authorizer only Released:2015-01-01 03:26:28
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

52948. 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]