Trentino, Nago Limestone, coral facies 2 (Eocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (46.1° N, 11.1° E: paleocoordinates 42.2° N, 9.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nago Limestone Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; wackestone and packstone

• 15–16 m thick, consists of thin beds (10–20 cm) of a grey wackestone/packstone rich in coralline algae, larger foraminiferans and platy corals.Platy corals occur within scattered horizons that commonly overlie algal crust−bearing beds.Rhodolith floatstones are common on the top of the coral horizons where they form extensive layers. Coralline algae are mainly represented by crusts and

•rhodoliths

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: F. R. Bosellini and C. A. Papazzoni. 2013. Palaeoecological significance of coral−encrusting foraminiferan associations: A case−study from the Upper Eocene of northern Italy. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48(2):279-292 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 151434: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 01.10.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pectinidae indet.
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810 scallop
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet.
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Colpophyllia sp.
Colpophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Cyathoseris sp.
Cyathoseris sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis rollei
Actinacis rollei Reuss 1864 stony coral
Florideophyceae
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Mesophyllum sp., Lithothamnion sp.
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930
Lithothamnion sp. Heydrich 1897
 Sporolithales - Corallinophycidae
Sporolithon sp.
Sporolithon sp. Rothpletz 1891
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Lithoporella sp.
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Solenomeris sp.
Solenomeris sp. Douvillé 1924
Foraminifera
 Foraminifera -
Foraminifera indet.
 Lituolacea - Haplophragmoiidae
? Placopsilina sp., Placopsilina "sp. 1"
? Placopsilina sp. d'Orbigny 1850
Placopsilina "sp. 1" d'Orbigny 1850
 Planorbulinacea - Victoriellidae
Victoriellidae indet.
Victoriellidae indet. Chapman and Crespin 1930
 Planorbulinacea - Planorbulinidae
Planorbulina bronnimanni, Planorbulina aff. uva
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
Carpenteria sp., Miniacina multicamerata, Miniacina "sp. 1"
  -
Eofabiania sp., Fabiania cassis
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Bdelloidina "sp. 1", ? Haddonia sp., Haddonia heissigi
Globothalamea
 Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
Acervulina linearis, Gypsina globula, Gypsina mastelensis, Gypsina moussaviani