Valzemola reef, Section E, Italy (Oligocene of Italy)

Also known as Reef 882

Where: Italy (44.4° N, 8.2° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 38.7° N, 12.4° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Molare Formation, Chattian (27.3 - 23.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• Poorly bedded coral rudstone with a wackestone matrix and very angular and highly recrystallized clasts (diameters between 5 and 30 cm).

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

• Focus on coralline algae, some corals described

Primary reference: P. Fravega, M. Piazza, R. Stockar and G. Vannucci. 1994. Oligocene coral and algal reef and related facies of Valzemola (Savona, NW Italy). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 100:423-456 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 36253: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 20.01.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
 Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae
Amphistegina sp.
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Pararotalia sp.
Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
Lithophyllum lemoinei, "Archaeolithothamnium" oulianovii, Mesophyllum vaughanii
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
? Stylocoenia sp.
? Stylocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
"? Hexastraea sp." = Septastrea
"? Hexastraea sp." = Septastrea d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral