Where: Italy (45.1° N, 7.9° E: paleocoordinates 44.8° N, 7.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified marl
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. P. Chevalier. 1961. Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale [Miocene corals and reefs from the western Mediterranean]. Memoires de la Societe geologique de France 93:1-562 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 70496: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 26.03.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Anthozoa | |
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Madracis ornata Michelotti 1838 stony coral | |
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Stephanophyllia elegans Bronn 1837 stony coral | |
"Trochocyathus sp." = Trochocyathus, Trochocyathus (Paratrochocyathus) sismondae, "Trochocyathus (Paratrochocyathus) diversiformis" = Trochocyathus, Trochocyathus plicatus, ? Desmophyllum ambiguum, Cyathoceras tortoniensis, Parasmilia montaldoensis n. sp., Deltocyathus italicus, Ceratotrochus multispinosus, Paracyathus turonensis, ? Stephanocyathus obesus
"Trochocyathus sp." = Trochocyathus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Trochocyathus (Paratrochocyathus) sismondae Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
"Trochocyathus (Paratrochocyathus) diversiformis" = Trochocyathus stony coral
Trochocyathus plicatus Michelotti 1838 stony coral
? Desmophyllum ambiguum stony coral
Cyathoceras tortoniensis Chevalier 1961 stony coral
Parasmilia montaldoensis n. sp. Chevalier 1961 stony coral
Deltocyathus italicus Michelotti 1838 stony coral
Ceratotrochus multispinosus Michelotti 1838 stony coral
Paracyathus turonensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
? Stephanocyathus obesus stony coral | |
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Flabellum zuffardii Chevalier 1961 stony coral | |