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Avella, Chieti Province, Abruzzo, Italy

Formation	Avella
Age:	59.2 - 56.0 Ma Paleocene
Interval	Thanetian
Lithology	framestone
Number of Collections	1
Number of Occurrences	39

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Maiella reef blocks I	Chieti Province, Abruzzo, Italy	Avella

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
S. Spirito	66.0 - 56.0 Ma Paleocene	framestone	33

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Idalina sp. genus	6	Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Miliolida : Hauerinidae : *Idalina*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Tubiphytes sp. genus	6	Nigriporellidae : *Tubiphytes*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Polytremacis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Helioporacea : Helioporidae : *Polytremacis*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Acropora sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : *Acropora*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Actinacis barretti species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Actinacididae : Actinacis : *Actinacis barretti*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Stylocoenia neutra species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Astrocoeniidae : Stylocoenia : *Stylocoenia neutra*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Cladocora sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Caryophylliidae : *Cladocora*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Alveopora sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Acroporidae : *Alveopora*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Rhizangia padricensis species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Rhizangiidae : Rhizangia : *Rhizangia padricensis*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Acervulina sp. genus	6	Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Acervulinidae : *Acervulina*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Anomalina sp. genus	6	Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Anomalinidae : *Anomalina*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Discocyclina sp. genus	6	Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Discocyclinidae : *Discocyclina*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Haddonia sp. genus	6	Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Lituolida : Lituolidae : *Haddonia*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Mississippina sp. genus	6	Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Robertinida : Epistominidae : *Mississippina*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Fallotella sp. genus	6	Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Loftusiida : Orbitolinidae : *Fallotella*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Kathina sp. genus	6	Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Rotaliidae : *Kathina*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Ranikothalia sp. genus	6	Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Nummulitidae : *Ranikothalia*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Miscellanea sp. genus	6	Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Miscellaneidae : *Miscellanea*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Planorbulina sp. genus	6	Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Planorbulinidae : *Planorbulina*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Gaudryina sp. genus	6	Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Lituolida : Verneuilinidae : *Gaudryina*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Halimeda sp. genus	6	Plantae : Chlorophyta : Ulvophyceae : Bryopsidales : Halimedaceae : *Halimeda*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Cymopolia sp. genus	6	Plantae : Chlorophyta : Ulvophyceae : Dasycladales : Dasycladaceae : *Cymopolia*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Jodotella sp. genus	6	Plantae : Chlorophyta : Ulvophyceae : Dasycladales : Dasycladaceae : *Jodotella*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Acicularia sp. genus	6	Plantae : Chlorophyta : Ulvophyceae : Dasycladales : Dasycladaceae : *Acicularia*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Clypeina sp. genus	6	Plantae : Chlorophyta : Ulvophyceae : Dasycladales : Dasycladaceae : *Clypeina*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Corallina sp. genus	6	Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Corallinaceae : *Corallina*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Lithoporella sp. genus	6	Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Corallinaceae : *Lithoporella*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Lithothamnion sp. genus	6	Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Hapalidiaceae : *Lithothamnion*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Mesophyllum sp. genus	6	Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Hapalidiaceae : *Mesophyllum*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Sporolithon sp. genus	6	Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Sporolithaceae : *Sporolithon*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Peyssonnelia sp. genus	6	Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Cryptonemiales : Squamariaceae : *Peyssonnelia*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Peyssonneliaceae family	5	Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Peyssonneliales : Peyssonneliaceae	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Polystrata alba species	7	Plantae : Rhodophyta : Rhodophyceae : Cryptonemiales : Peyssonneliaceae : Polystrata : *Polystrata alba*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Parachaetetes asvapatii species	7	Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Gigartinales : Parachaetetes : *Parachaetetes asvapatii*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Pycnoporidium levantinum species	7	Plantae : Pycnoporidium : *Pycnoporidium levantinum*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene

References

Moussavian E., Vecsei A. (1995) Paleocene reef sediments from the Maiella carbonate platform, Italy, Facies 32, 213-222

Vecsei A., Moussavian E. (1997) Paleocene reefs on the Maiella Platform margin, Italy: An example of the effects of the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary events on reefs and carbonate platforms, Facies 36, 123-140

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!