Where: Italy (43.3° N, 12.8° E: paleocoordinates 30.2° N, 18.7° E)

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Maiolica Formation, Late/Upper Tithonian to Late/Upper Tithonian (150.8 - 140.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, cherty/siliceous limestone

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original silica, replaced with silica

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: R. Dumitrica-Jud. 1995. Early Cretaceous Radiolarian Biostratigraphy of Umbria-Marche Apennines (Italy), Southern Alps (Italy and Switzerland) and Hawasina Nappes (Oman). Mémoires de Géologie (Lausanne) 23:751-790 [T. Danelian/T. Danelian/T. Danelian] more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49111: authorized by Taniel Danelian, entered by Taniel Danelian on 09.04.2005