Where: Italy (44.6° N, 10.8° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 42.4° N, 12.3° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; 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 70497: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 26.03.2007
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Taxonomic list
| Anthozoa | |
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Caryophyllia peloritana parvula stony coral | |
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Flabellum foecundum zibinica stony coral
Flabellum intermedium effusa stony coral | |
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Siderastrea miocenica italica stony coral | |
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Stephanophyllia elegans Bronn 1837 stony coral | |
Dendrophyllia crassa, "Balanophyllia dendrophylloides" = Balanophyllia, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) patera, "Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) sp." = Balanophyllia
Dendrophyllia crassa stony coral
"Balanophyllia dendrophylloides" = Balanophyllia stony coral
Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) patera Montanaro 1933 stony coral
"Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) sp." = Balanophyllia Wood 1844 stony coral | |
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? Flabellum siciliense Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Ceratotrochus (Edwardsotrochus) bellingherianus, Ceratotrochus multiserialis, Ceratotrochus multispinosus, Trochocyathus plicatus, Desmophyllum dertonense, Caryophyllia doderleini, Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) verrucosus, Caryophyllia (Ceratocyathus) tortonensis, Deltocyathus italicus
Ceratotrochus (Edwardsotrochus) bellingherianus Michelin 1841 stony coral
Ceratotrochus multiserialis Michelotti 1838 stony coral
Ceratotrochus multispinosus Michelotti 1838 stony coral
Trochocyathus plicatus Michelotti 1838 stony coral
Desmophyllum dertonense stony coral
Caryophyllia doderleini stony coral
Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) verrucosus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Caryophyllia (Ceratocyathus) tortonensis Chevalier 1961 stony coral
Deltocyathus italicus Michelotti 1838 stony coral | |
? Favia centralis, "? Palaeoplesiastraea desmoulinsi" = Solenastrea desmoulinsi
? Favia centralis stony coral
"? Palaeoplesiastraea desmoulinsi" = Solenastrea desmoulinsi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral | |