Chiampo (Eocene of Italy)

Where: Veneto, Italy (45.5° N, 11.3° E: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 9.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chiampo Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• tuff level (50-200 cm thick) intercalated between the Lower and Upper Limestone Member, zone P10, SBZ 13, Early Lutetian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified tuff

• euphotic zone
• tuff and hyaloclastites, green in colour, rich in iron silicates, with smaller and larger foraminifera, rare gastropods and nautiloids

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: R. Matteucci and A. Russo. 2005. The Middle Eocene siliceous sponges from Val di Chiampo (Lessini Mountains, northern Italy). Museologia Scientifica e Naturalistica, Volume Speciale 51-62 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 110070: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 31.05.2011, edited by Mihaela Krause

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Indeterminate rhizomorine, Indeterminate lithistid
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Raninidae
Ranina sp.
Ranina sp. Lamarck 1801 crab
Cephalopoda
 Nautiloidea -
Nautiloidea indet.
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Hexactinellida
 Lychniscosa - Callodictyonidae
? Becksia sp., Brachiolites sp., "Callicylix aff. eocenicus" = Callicylix eocenicus, "Callicylix eocenicus" = Callicylix eocenicus, "Centrosia cf. viquensis" = Callicylix eocenicus
? Becksia sp. Schlüter 1868 glass sponge
Brachiolites sp. Smith 1848 glass sponge
"Callicylix aff. eocenicus" = Callicylix eocenicus Pisera and Busquets 2002 glass sponge
"Callicylix eocenicus" = Callicylix eocenicus Pisera and Busquets 2002 glass sponge
"Centrosia cf. viquensis" = Callicylix eocenicus Pisera and Busquets 2002 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Camerospongiidae
Toulminia italica, Camerospongia visentinae, Camerospongia tuberculata
Toulminia italica Frisone et al. 2016 glass sponge
Camerospongia visentinae Frisone et al. 2016 glass sponge
Camerospongia tuberculata Frisone et al. 2016 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Ventriculitidae
Ventriculites "sp. 1", Ventriculites "sp. 2", ? Ventriculites sp., "Rhizocheton lobata" = Rhizopoterion, "Rhizocheton "sp. 1"" = Rhizopoterion, "Rhizocheton "sp. 2"" = Rhizopoterion, "Rhizocheton "sp. 3"" = Rhizopoterion
Ventriculites "sp. 1" Mantell 1822 glass sponge
Ventriculites "sp. 2" Mantell 1822 glass sponge
? Ventriculites sp. Mantell 1822 glass sponge
"Rhizocheton lobata" = Rhizopoterion glass sponge
"Rhizocheton "sp. 1"" = Rhizopoterion Zittel 1877 glass sponge
"Rhizocheton "sp. 2"" = Rhizopoterion Zittel 1877 glass sponge
"Rhizocheton "sp. 3"" = Rhizopoterion Zittel 1877 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa -
Cavispongia scarpai
Cavispongia scarpai Frisone et al. 2016 glass sponge
 Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Pleuroguettardia aff. iberica, Pleuroguettardia sp., Laocoetis ? emiliana, Laocoetis patula, "Paracraticularia sp." = Craticularia
Pleuroguettardia sp. Reid 1963 glass sponge
Laocoetis ? emiliana Malfatti 1901 glass sponge
Laocoetis patula Pomel 1872 glass sponge
"Paracraticularia sp." = Craticularia Zittel 1877 glass sponge
 Lyssacinosa - Stauractinellidae
Stauractinella eocenica
Stauractinella eocenica Frisone et al. 2016 glass sponge
 Hexactinosa - Cribrospongiidae
Guettardiscyphia thiolati
Guettardiscyphia thiolati Archiac 1846 glass sponge
 Hexactinosa -
Laocaetis patula, Laocaetis sp.
Laocaetis patula glass sponge
Laocaetis sp. Pomel 1872 glass sponge
 Hexactinosa - Tretodictyidae
Hexactinella clampensis, Anomochone sp.
Hexactinella clampensis Frisone et al. 2016 glass sponge
Anomochone sp. Ijima 1927 glass sponge
 Hexactinosa - Euretidae
Eurete sp.
Eurete sp. Semper 1868 glass sponge
 Lychniscosida - Diapleuridae
Coronispongia confossa
Coronispongia confossa Frisone et al. 2016 glass sponge
Demospongiae
 Dictyoceratida - Vaceletiidae
Vaceletia progenitor
Vaceletia progenitor Pickett 1982 demosponge
 Agelasida - Astroscleridae
Astrosclera sp.
Astrosclera sp. Lister 1900 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Corallistidae
? Corallistes sp., Corallistes multiosculata
Corallistes multiosculata Frisone et al. 2016 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Theonellidae
? Rhoptrum sp.
? Rhoptrum sp. Schrammen 1910 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Siphoniidae
? Siphonia sp.
? Siphonia sp. Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Chenendoporidae
Chenendopora sp.
Chenendopora sp. Lamouroux 1821 demosponge
 Monalithistida - Vetulinidae
Ozotrachelus conicus
Ozotrachelus conicus Roemer 1841 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Seliscothonidae
? Phlyctia aff. expansa
? Phlyctia aff. expansa Pomel 1872 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Scleritodermatidae
Verruculina ambigua
Verruculina ambigua Pomel 1872 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Jereicidae
? Jereopsis cf. sobolifera, ? Jereopsis cf. clavaeformis, Jereopsis clavaeformis, ? Jereopsis cf. inaequalis
? Jereopsis cf. clavaeformis Pomel 1872 demosponge
Jereopsis clavaeformis Pomel 1872 demosponge
? Jereopsis cf. inaequalis Pomel 1872 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Platychoniidae
Platychonia sp.
Platychonia sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Azoricidae
? Pliobolia vermiculata, Bolidium bertii, Stachyspongia sp.
? Pliobolia vermiculata Pomel 1872 demosponge
Bolidium bertii Frisone et al. 2016 demosponge
Stachyspongia sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge
Foraminifera
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
Subbotina linaperta, Globigerinatheka senni
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Nummulites sp.
Nummulites sp. Lamarck 1801
 Nummulitacea - Discocyclinidae
Asterocyclina sp., Discocyclina sp.
 Buliminacea - Reusselidae
Reussella terquemi
 Rotaliina - Cassidulinidae
Globocassidulina sp.
Globocassidulina sp. Voloshinova 1960
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicides sp.
Cibicides sp. Monfort 1808
Foraminifera
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Acarinina bullbrooki, Acarinina rotundimarginata, Acarinina spinuloinflata
 Globigerinina - Hedbergellidae
Turborotalia frondosa
 Globigerinina - Truncorotaloididae
Morozovella aragonensis
Rigonia plicata
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Rigonia plicata
Rigonia plicata Frisone et al. 2016