Lighthouse (Miocene of Italy)

Where: Lecee, Italy (39.8° N, 18.3° E: paleocoordinates 39.6° N, 18.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Novaglie Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; wackestone and packstone

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: F.R. Bosellini, A. Russo, and A. Vescogni. 2002. The Messinian Reef Complex of the Salento Peninsula (Southern Italy): Stratigraphy, Facies and Paleoenvironmental Interpretation . Facies 47:91-112 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 222468: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 27.09.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
"Lithophyllum pustulatum" = Titanoderma pustulatum
"Lithophyllum pustulatum" = Titanoderma pustulatum Lamouroux 1816