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
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Anthozoa | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
Florideophyceae | |
"Lithophyllum pustulatum" = Titanoderma pustulatum
"Lithophyllum pustulatum" = Titanoderma pustulatum Lamouroux 1816 |