Valle Vergnana, Torino Hills (Miocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (45.1° N, 7.8° E: paleocoordinates 44.4° N, 7.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. C. Wallace and F. R. Bosellini. 2014. Acropora (Scleractinia) from the Oligocene and Miocene of Europe: species longevity, origination and turnover following the Eocene–Oligocene transition. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 164652: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 09.12.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora macrocalyx n. sp. stony coral
Acropora piedmontensis Wallace and Bosellini 2014 stony coral