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 | |
Deltocyathus italicus, ? Desmophyllum ambiguum, Paracyathus turonensis, Ceratotrochus multispinosus, Cyathoceras tortoniensis, Parasmilia montaldoensis n. sp., "Trochocyathus sp." = Trochocyathus, "Trochocyathus (Paratrochocyathus) diversiformis" = Trochocyathus, Trochocyathus (Paratrochocyathus) sismondae, Trochocyathus plicatus, ? Stephanocyathus obesus
Deltocyathus italicus Michelotti 1838 stony coral
? Desmophyllum ambiguum stony coral
Paracyathus turonensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Ceratotrochus multispinosus Michelotti 1838 stony coral
Cyathoceras tortoniensis Chevalier 1961 stony coral
Parasmilia montaldoensis n. sp. Chevalier 1961 stony coral
"Trochocyathus sp." = Trochocyathus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
"Trochocyathus (Paratrochocyathus) diversiformis" = Trochocyathus stony coral
Trochocyathus (Paratrochocyathus) sismondae Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Trochocyathus plicatus Michelotti 1838 stony coral
? Stephanocyathus obesus stony coral | |
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Flabellum zuffardii Chevalier 1961 stony coral | |