Villagreca, Genna Siustas Section: Aquitanian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Atrina servatrina
spp. subpectinata
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
unclassified
Miogypsinoides bantamensis
Globigerinidae
Globigerinoides primordius
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Miogypsinidae
Miogypsina (Miogypsina) gunteri
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Sardinia
Coordinates: 39.4° North, 9.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.2° North, 1.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Aquitanian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Aquitanian
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 20.44000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:167913
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-04-07 06:16:15 Last modified:2015-04-07 06:22:17
Access level:authorizer only Released:2015-07-07 06:16:15
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

54888. A. Cherchi, M. Murru, and L. Simone. 2000. Miocene Carbonate Factories in the Syn-rift Sardinia Graben Subbasins (Italy). Facies 43:223-240 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]