Cairo Montenotte, Italy, outcrop 63 (Oligocene of Italy)

Also known as Reef 693

Where: Italy (44.4° N, 8.3° E: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 7.1° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• Stage assingment not given by the author. Chattian most likely from coral association.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone

• Part of a 40-60 m thick and several 100 m long fringing reef. Rigid coral framework

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: T. Pfister. 1985. Coral fauna and facies of the Oligocene friniging reef near Cairo Montenotte (Liguria, Northern Italy). Facies 13:175-226 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 27541: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 11.12.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Corallinaceae indet.
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia cf. subdenticulata
Favia cf. subdenticulata Catullo 1856 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Antiguastrea lucasiana, Caulastrea fusinieri, Leptoria anceps
Antiguastrea lucasiana Defrance 1826 stony coral
Caulastrea fusinieri Catullo 1847 stony coral
Leptoria anceps stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
"Diploria crebriformis" = Variabilifavia confertissima
"Diploria crebriformis" = Variabilifavia confertissima Reuss 1868 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Astreopora cf. meneghiniana, Acropora sp.
Astreopora cf. meneghiniana d'Achiardi 1866 stony coral
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Astrocoenia lobatorotundata
Astrocoenia lobatorotundata Michelin 1842 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Cyathoseris sp.
Cyathoseris sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis rollei
Actinacis rollei Reuss 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
"Goniopora ramosa" = Porites nummulitica, Porites deshayesiana
"Goniopora ramosa" = Porites nummulitica Reuss 1864 stony coral
Porites deshayesiana Michelin 1844 stony coral