Porto Miggiano, Castro, prox. fore reef, Italy (Oligocene of Italy)

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

• Poorly sorted, "dirty" biocalcarenite with many shelter cavities

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
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Astrocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Astreopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Alveopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Caulastrea sp. Dana 1846 stony coral
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pavona sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral