Where: Sassari, Italy (40.8° N, 8.8° E: paleocoordinates 42.8° N, 4.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Sedini Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; packstone and rudstone
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: M.F. Banisek, C. Betzler, G. Marcano and M. Mutti. 2009. Coralline-algal assemblages of a Burdigalian platform slope: implications for carbonate platform reconstruction (northern Sardinia, western Mediterranean Sea). Facies 55:375-386 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 222413: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 24.09.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Florideophyceae | |
Melobesioideae "indet" Bizzozero 1885
Sporolithon sp. Rothpletz 1891 |