Cava di Argilla, Salerno, G. suterae zone (Miocene of Italy)

Where: Campania, Italy (40.3° N, 15.1° E: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 14.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• Upper Tortonian, Globorotalia suterae subzone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: G. Ciampo, M. G. Castro Coppa, and I. Sgrosso. 1979. Il Miocene Superiore dei dintorni di Salerno [The Upper Miocene of the Salerno region]. Bollettino della Societa dei Naturalisti in Napoli 88:87-99 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78631: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.02.2008

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Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
Globigerinoides ruber d'Orbigny 1839
Globigerinoides extremus Bolli and Bermudez 1965
"Globigerina nepenthes" = Globoturborotalita nepenthes Todd 1957
Orbulina universa d'Orbigny 1839
Orbulina suturalis Bronnimann 1951
Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826
"Globigerina quinqueloba" = Turborotalita quinqueloba Natland 1938
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinitidae
 Globigerinoidea - Globorotaliidae
Globorotalia praemargaritae, Globorotalia suterae, Globorotalia merotumida, "Globorotalia ex gr. miozea" = Globoconella miozea, "Globorotalia humerosa" = Neogloboquadrina humerosa, "Globorotalia acostaensis" = Neogloboquadrina acostaensis
Globorotalia merotumida Blow and Banner 1965
"Globorotalia ex gr. miozea" = Globoconella miozea Finlay 1939
"Globorotalia humerosa" = Neogloboquadrina humerosa Takayanagi and Saito 1962
"Globorotalia acostaensis" = Neogloboquadrina acostaensis Blow 1959
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Pontocyprididae
 Podocopida - Krithidae