Spigno Monferrato (Miocene of Italy)
Where: Alessandria, Italy (44.5° N, 8.3° E: paleocoordinates 43.9° N, 7.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: G. Coletti, J. Hrabovsky, and D. Basso. 2020. Chamberlainium pentagonum (Conti) comb. nov. and Spongites fruticulosus (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) in the Miocene carbonates of the western Mediterranean. Carents Geol 20(10):223-240 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 222576: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 04.10.2021
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Taxonomic list
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| Florideophyceae | |
Lithothamnion pentagonum, "Lithophyllum platticarpum" = Leptolithophyllum platticarpum, Spongites albanensis
"Lithophyllum platticarpum" = Leptolithophyllum platticarpum Maslov 1962
Spongites albanensis Braga et al. 1993 | |