Crosara area, loc. 33, Crosara unit, Vicenza (Oligocene of Italy)

Also known as Reef 3570

Where: Italy (45.8° N, 11.6° E: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 9.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Calvene Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• Lower Oligocene, Crosara unit (bed 2)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified marl and lithified limestone

• coral-rich marls and algal limestones, 12 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Pfister. 1980. Systematische und paläoökologische Untersuchungen an oligozänen Korallen der Umgebung von San Luca (Provinz Vicenza, Norditalien) [Systematic and paleoecologic studies of Oligocene corals from San Luca area (Vicenza, northern Italy)]. Schweizerische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 103:3-121 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 69968: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.03.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Helioporacea - Helioporidae
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Leptomussa variabilis d'Achiardi 1867 stony coral
Leptomussa panteniana Catullo 1852 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Cladocora prolifera d'Achiardi 1866 stony coral
Antiguastrea "lucasiana A" Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae
Agathiphyllia sp. Reuss 1864 stony coral
Agathiphyllia gregaria Catullo 1852 stony coral
"Cricocyathus grumi" = Pattalophyllia grumi Catullo 1852 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Goniopora rudis Reuss 1869 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Cyathoseris hypocrateriformis Michelotti 1861 stony coral
Cyathoseris radiata Michelotti 1861 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Astreopora meneghiniana d'Achiardi 1866 stony coral