Capo San Marco cliff, Microbialitic level 2 (Miocene of Italy)
Where: Italy (39.9° N, 8.4° E: paleocoordinates 40.8° N, 5.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Capo San Marco Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified bindstone
• limestones with several micritic buildups, sandy marls and fine sands
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. P. Martin. 2010. The Girvanella-like remains from Messinian marine deposits (Sardinia, Italy): Lagerstätten paradigm for microbial biota?. Annales de Paléontologie 96:33-50 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 168730: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 28.04.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Hormogoneae | |
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878 | |
Foraminifera | |
Orbulina sp. d'Orbigny 1839
Globigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Ulvophyceae | |
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812 | |
Gastropoda | |
Gibbula magus top snail | |
Diodora italica Defrance 1820 snail | |
Vermetidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 worm shell | |
"Cylichna cylindracea" = Cylichna (Cylichna) cylindracea
"Cylichna cylindracea" = Cylichna (Cylichna) cylindracea Pennant 1777 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842 clam
Arca noae Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
"Crassadoma multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata
"Crassadoma multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata Poli 1795 scallop | |
"Pycnodonta sp." = Pycnodonte, "Neopycnodonta navicularis" = Neopycnodonte navicularis
"Pycnodonta sp." = Pycnodonte Fischer von Waldheim 1835 oyster
"Neopycnodonta navicularis" = Neopycnodonte navicularis Brocchi 1814 oyster | |
Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Musculus costulatus mussel | |
Modiolus barbatus mussel | |
Loripes lacteus Deshayes 1850 clam | |
"Varicorbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
"Varicorbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam | |
Chama placentina jewel box
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
Chama gryphoides Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Timoclea ovata Pennant 1777 venus clam | |
Cerastoderma edule, Acanthocardia echinata, Plagiocardium hirsutum, Plagiocardium papillosum, Parvicardium minimum
Cerastoderma edule Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Acanthocardia echinata Linnaeus 1767 cockle
Plagiocardium hirsutum cockle
Plagiocardium papillosum Poli 1781 cockle
Parvicardium minimum cockle | |
Abra alba Wood 1802 abra | |
"Gastrochaena dubia" = Gastrochaena (Rocellaria) dubia
"Gastrochaena dubia" = Gastrochaena (Rocellaria) dubia Pennant 1777 clam | |
Cardita sp. Bruguière 1792 clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Argyrotheca cuneata Risso 1826 | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 | |
Deuteropoda | |
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod |