Cascinotto, Lerma (Oligocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (44.6° N, 8.7° E: paleocoordinates 42.6° N, 7.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; conglomeratic limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: N. Fantini Sestini. 1960. La Fauna Oligocenica dei dintorni di Ovada (Alessandria). Rivista italiana di paleontologia e stratigrafia 66(3):403-434 [W. Kiessling/M. Nimke/M. Nimke]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 86953: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Madeleine Nimke on 26.02.2009, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Alveopora rudis Reuss 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora distans Leymerie 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Stylocoenia taurinensis Michelin 1842 stony coral
listed as Stylocaenia
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Cyathoseris hypocrateriformis Michelotti 1861 stony coral
Cyathoseris appennina Michelin 1842 stony coral
listed as apennina
Pavona bronni1 Haime 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Antiguastrea alveolaris, "Rhabdophyllia ? tenuis" = Cladocora tenuis, Hydnophyllia michelottii, "Hydnophyllia isseli" = Merulina isseli
Antiguastrea alveolaris Catullo 1856 stony coral
"Rhabdophyllia ? tenuis" = Cladocora tenuis Reuss 1868 stony coral
"Hydnophyllia isseli" = Merulina isseli Prever 1922 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
 Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Heliastrea alpina" = Montastrea alpina
"Heliastrea alpina" = Montastrea alpina d'Achiardi 1867 stony coral