RECORD OF A RUDIST FROM PELAGIC BASINAL LIMESTONES (UPPER CRETACEOUS, LESSINI MOUNTAINS, NORTHERN ITALY)

RICCARDO CESTARI; ENRICO TREVISANI; GUIDO ROGHI

doi:10.13130/2039-4942/6022

RECORD OF A RUDIST FROM PELAGIC BASINAL LIMESTONES (UPPER CRETACEOUS, LESSINI MOUNTAINS, NORTHERN ITALY)

Authors

RICCARDO CESTARI
ENRICO TREVISANI
GUIDO ROGHI

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13130/2039-4942/6022

Keywords:

Rudist, Radiolitidae, basinal limestones, Upper Cretaceous, Venetian Prealps, Northern Italy

Abstract

The mid-Cretaceous succession of the central Southern Alps (Trento and Verona) is mainly represented by basinal deposits of the Scaglia Variegata.In this paper, the presence of a Radiolitidae in the Scaglia Variegata of the Lessini Mountains is reported. It is the first finding of a well preserved rudist, which belongs to the Radiolitidae (Sauvagesia sp.) family. The specimen was found in Cenomanian basinal biomicrites.