Maddalena section, Sassello (Oligocene to of Italy)

Where: Italy (44.5° N, 8.5° E: paleocoordinates 42.5° N, 7.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Molare Formation, Rupelian to Rupelian (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; conglomerate

• Substrate: metamorphic roks of the Voltri Unit (metaophiolites, calceschists and micaschists): coarse conglomerate with interbedded sandy lenses and coral buildups; besides corals, the fossil content includes mollusk remains, bryozoans and very rare Nummulites and coralline algae.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: D. Basso and V. Bracchi. 2009. The Oligocene coral and red algae reef of Maddalena (Sassellino, Savona). Annali dell’Università degli Studi di Ferrara [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155215: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 02.04.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Cyatoseris radiata, Hexastrea elegans, Hexastrea laxelamellata, Pocillophora sp., Variabilicosta perrandi
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Astreopora sp., Astreopora tecta, Astreopora meneghiniana
Astreopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Astreopora tecta Catullo 1856 stony coral
Astreopora meneghiniana d'Achiardi 1866 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Stylocoenia taurinensis, Astrocoenia sp.
Stylocoenia taurinensis Michelin 1842 stony coral
Astrocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora cf. tuberosa, Stylophora sp.
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
"Goniopora ramosa" = Porites nummulitica
"Goniopora ramosa" = Porites nummulitica Reuss 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis cf. rollei
Actinacis cf. rollei Reuss 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
"Favia irregularis" = Barysmilia irregularis
"Favia irregularis" = Barysmilia irregularis Reuss 1854 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Euphyllia sp.
Euphyllia sp. Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Diploria sp., Variabilifavia perrandi, "Diploria crebriformis" = Variabilifavia confertissima, Colpophyllia sp.
Diploria sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
"Diploria crebriformis" = Variabilifavia confertissima Reuss 1868 stony coral
Colpophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Michelottiphyllia anceps" = Hydnophora, "Michelottiphyllia sp." = Hydnophora, "Michelottiphyllia crispata" = Hydnophora, Leptoria sp., Antiguastrea lucasiana
"Michelottiphyllia anceps" = Hydnophora stony coral
"Michelottiphyllia sp." = Hydnophora Fischer de Waldheim 1807 stony coral
"Michelottiphyllia crispata" = Hydnophora stony coral
Leptoria sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Antiguastrea lucasiana Defrance 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia subdenticulata
Favia subdenticulata Catullo 1856 stony coral
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
unclassified
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Mollusca indet.
Mollusca indet. Linnaeus 1758
Deuteropoda
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Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Foraminifera
 Foraminifera -
Foraminifera indet.
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Nummulites fichteli
Florideophyceae
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Lithothamnion sp., Lithothamnion exuberans, Lithothamnion tectifons, Phymatolithon sp.
Lithothamnion sp. Heydrich 1897
Lithothamnion tectifons Mastrorilli 1968
Phymatolithon sp. Foslie 1898