Lumignano, Vicenza, Calcareniti di Castelgomberto (Eocene of Italy)

Where: Vicenza, Italy (45.5° N, 11.6° E: paleocoordinates 41.6° N, 9.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Calcareniti di Castelgomberto Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• In paper - Priabonian, Late Eocene

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified grainstone

• Massive or irregularly bedded limestones and marly limestones. The fossil content is mainly represented by corals, miliolids and coralline red algae.

•Nummulitids, soritids, molluscs, and echinoids are also present.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: Focus on coralline red alga

Primary reference: D. Bassi, W. J. Woelkerling, and J. H. Nebelsick. 2000. Taxonomic and biostratigraphical re-assessments of Subterraniphyllum Elliott (Corallinales, Rhodophyta). Palaeontology 43(3):405-425 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 138115: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 05.01.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
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Asterigina rotula
Asterigina rotula
ssp. haeringensis
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Pararotalia lithothamnica
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Nummulites fichteli, Nummulites vascus
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Peneroplidae
"Peneroplis glynnjonesi" = Penarchaias glynnjonesi, Spirolina cylindracea
"Peneroplis glynnjonesi" = Penarchaias glynnjonesi Henson 1950
Spirolina cylindracea Lamarck 1804
 Miliolida - Soritidae
Praerhapydionina delicata
Praerhapydionina delicata Henson 1950
misspelled as Praerhapidionina delicata
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Discorbis discoideas, Discorbis kiliani
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Subterraniphyllum thomasii