Monte Castellaro, Castelgomberto (Oligocene of Italy)

Also known as Reef 684

Where: Veneto, Italy (45.6° N, 11.4° E: paleocoordinates 42.8° N, 9.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Castelgomberto Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• marly limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. E. Reuss. 1868. Paläontologische Studien über die älteren Tertiärschichten der Alpen, 1: Die fossilen Anthozoen der Schichten von Castelgomberto [Paleontological studies about the older Tertiary beds in the Alps, 1: The fossil Anthozoa from the Castelcomberto Formation]. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 28:129-184 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91645: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.10.2009, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• corals only
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Phyllocoenia irradians" = Montastrea irradians
"Phyllocoenia irradians" = Montastrea irradians Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Rhabdophyllia intercostata n. sp." = Cladocora prolifera, "Rhabdophyllia tenuis" = Cladocora tenuis, "? Ulophyllia irradians" = Oulophyllia, "? Ulophyllia macrogyra" = Oulophyllia, ""Heliastrea" lucasana" = Antiguastrea lucasiana, ""Stylina" suessi" = Antiguastrea lucasiana, ""Stylina" fasciculata" = Antiguastrea lucasiana
"Rhabdophyllia intercostata n. sp." = Cladocora prolifera d'Achiardi 1866 stony coral
"Rhabdophyllia tenuis" = Cladocora tenuis Reuss 1868 stony coral
"? Ulophyllia irradians" = Oulophyllia stony coral
"? Ulophyllia macrogyra" = Oulophyllia stony coral
""Heliastrea" lucasana" = Antiguastrea lucasiana Defrance 1826 stony coral
""Stylina" suessi" = Antiguastrea lucasiana Defrance 1826 stony coral
""Stylina" fasciculata" = Antiguastrea lucasiana Defrance 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites nummulitica, "Dictyaraea elegans" = Goniopora elegans
Porites nummulitica Reuss 1864 stony coral
"Dictyaraea elegans" = Goniopora elegans Leymerie 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
"Dimorphophyllia oxylopha" = Cyathoseris oxylopha, "Trochosmilia profunda" = Cyathoseris oxylopha
"Dimorphophyllia oxylopha" = Cyathoseris oxylopha Reuss 1864 stony coral
"Trochosmilia profunda" = Cyathoseris oxylopha Reuss 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
"Plocophyllia caliculata" = Euphyllia caliculata, "Plocophyllia flabellata" = Euphyllia caliculata, "Plocophyllia constricta" = Euphyllia caliculata
"Plocophyllia caliculata" = Euphyllia caliculata Catullo 1852 stony coral
"Plocophyllia flabellata" = Euphyllia caliculata Catullo 1852 stony coral
"Plocophyllia constricta" = Euphyllia caliculata Catullo 1852 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora annulata Reuss 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Alveopora rudis Reuss 1864 stony coral
Dendracis mammillosa Reuss 1868 stony coral
Dendracis seriata Reuss 1868 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Stylocoenia taurinensis Michelin 1842 stony coral
Hydrozoa
 Milleporina -
"Millepora cylindrica" = Millepora depauperata
"Millepora cylindrica" = Millepora depauperata Reuss 1864 fire coral