Monte Postale D1 FA 2 (Eocene of Italy)

Where: Veneto, Italy (45.6° N, 11.2° E: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 10.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: CN E5 nannofossil zone, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• SBZ 11, NP 13

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; bindstone

• Coralgal boundstone rich in fossils and calcareous algae in life position

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: repository unknown

Primary reference: A. Vescogni, F. R. Bosellini, C. A. Papazzoni, L. Giusberti, G. Roghi, E. Formaciari, S. Dominici and R. Zorzin. 2016. Coralgal buildups associated with the Bolca Fossil-Lagerstatten: new evidence from the Ypresion of Monte Postale (NE Italy). Facies 62(21):1-20 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell/K. Hassell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 214767: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 15.10.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Peyssoneliaceae "indet.", Clapocora sp.
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderofungia sp.
Siderofungia sp. Reiss 1889 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis cognata
Actinacis cognata Oppenheim 1901 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora sp.
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Pachygyra sp.
Pachygyra sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Parachaetetes sp.
Parachaetetes sp. Deninger 1906
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales -
Dasycladales "indet."
Dasycladales "indet." Kützing 1860
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida -
Miliolida "indet."
Miliolida "indet." Lankester 1885
 Miliolida - Alveolinidae
Alveolina sp.