Also known as Reef 687
Where: Italy (40.0° N, 18.4° E: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 16.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Castro Limestone Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified packstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: mechanical, peel or thin section,
Primary reference: F. R. Bosellini and A. Russo. 1992. Stratigraphy and facies of an Oligocene fringing reef (Castro Limestone, Salento Peninsula, southern Italy). Facies 26:145-166 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 25374: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 10.09.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
Astrocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral | |
Astreopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Alveopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
Caulastrea sp. Dana 1846 stony coral
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral | |
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral | |
Actinacis sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral | |
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
Siderastrea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
Pavona sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral |