ammonites

Campore: Early/Lower Pliocene, Italy

Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Emilia-Romagna
Coordinates: 44.8° North, 10.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.5° North, 10.4° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Zanclean 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33 - 3.6 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Globorotalia margaritae-Globorotalia bononiensis zones
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: siltstone
Lithology description: clayey siltstone
Environment:offshore
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:92189
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-11-03 05:15:54 Last modified:2009-11-03 05:15:54
Access level:authorizer only Released:2011-11-03 05:15:54
Reference information
Primary reference:
31044 A. Russo. 1980. The psychrospheric coral fauna from the Lower Pliocene of northern Italy. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 25:613-617 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]