Where: Veneto, Italy (45.6° N, 11.5° E: paleocoordinates 42.8° N, 9.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• 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
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 91657: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.10.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Dendracis haidingeri" = Acropora haidingeri
"Dendracis haidingeri" = Acropora haidingeri Reuss 1864 stony coral | |
"Mycedium profundum n. sp." = Pavona profunda
"Mycedium profundum n. sp." = Pavona profunda Reuss 1868 stony coral | |
"Dictyaraea elegans" = Goniopora elegans
"Dictyaraea elegans" = Goniopora elegans Leymerie 1846 stony coral | |
Podabacia prisca Reuss 1864 stony coral | |
"Heliastrea lucasana" = Antiguastrea lucasiana, "Astrangia princeps" = Antiguastrea lucasiana, "Hydnophora longicollis" = Hydnophyllia scalaria
"Heliastrea lucasana" = Antiguastrea lucasiana Defrance 1826 stony coral
"Astrangia princeps" = Antiguastrea lucasiana Defrance 1826 stony coral
"Hydnophora longicollis" = Hydnophyllia scalaria Catullo 1856 stony coral |