Also known as Reef 1989
Where: Sardinia, Italy (39.4° N, 9.2° E: paleocoordinates 42.2° N, 1.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)
• Upper Chattian?-Aquitanian
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: A. F. Budd, F. R. Bosellini, and T. A. Stemann. 1996. Systematics of the Oligocene to Miocene reef coral Tarbellastraea in the northern Mediterranean. Palaeontology 39(3):515-560 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 85110: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 28.11.2008, edited by Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
Favites sp., Tarbellastraea chevalieri n. sp.
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Tarbellastraea chevalieri n. sp. Bosellini 1996 stony coral | |
Montastraea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral |