Montecchio Maggiore (Oligocene of Italy)

Also known as Bernuffi

Where: Veneto, Italy (45.5° N, 11.4° E: paleocoordinates 42.7° 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: perireef or subreef; 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 91651: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.10.2009, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• corals only
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Portunidae
Euronectes grumiensis Beschin et al. 2001 swimming crab
 Decapoda -
Actaeites lobatus Muller and Collins 1991 crab
Haydnella oligocenica De Angeli and Beschin 2008 crab
Bernuffius ornatus n. gen. n. sp. De Angeli et al. 2010 crab
 Decapoda - Dairidae
Daira depressa Milne Edwards 1865 crab
 Decapoda - Carpiliidae
Palaeocarpilius aquitanicus Milne-Edwards 1862 crab
 Decapoda -
Daragrapsus trispinosus Muller and Collins 1991 crab
 Decapoda - Tetraliidae
Tetralia loerentheyi Muller 1975 crab
 Decapoda - Dromiidae
Dromilites corvini Bittner 1893 crab
 Decapoda - Paguridae
Pagurus cf. latidactylus Muller and Collins 1991 hermit crab
 Decapoda - Porcellanidae
Petrolisthes vicetinus Beschin et al. 2001 decapod
 Decapoda - Galatheidae
Palaeomunida defecta Lorenthey 1902 decapod
Galathea cf. weinfurteri Bachmayer 1950 decapod
 Decapoda - Callianassidae
Callianassa sp. Leach 1814 decapod
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora conferta Reuss 1868 stony coral
Stylophora annulata Reuss 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Dendracis mammillosa Reuss 1868 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis rollei Reuss 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites nummulitica Reuss 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Phyllocoenia irradians" = Montastrea irradians
"Phyllocoenia irradians" = Montastrea irradians Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Heliastrea lucasana" = Antiguastrea lucasiana, "Solenastrea conferta" = Antiguastrea lucasiana
"Heliastrea lucasana" = Antiguastrea lucasiana Defrance 1826 stony coral
"Solenastrea conferta" = Antiguastrea lucasiana Defrance 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae
Heliastrea boueana Reuss 1864 stony coral