Monte Postale, Coralgal boundstone facies: Ypresian, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Echinoderma indet.
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Rhodophyceae
- Solenoporaceae
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Parachaetetes sp.
Deninger 1906
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20 %-specimens | ||||||
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Tubothalamea
- Miliolida
- Miliolidae
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Miliolidae indet.
Ehrenberg 1839
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Tubothalamea
- Miliolida
- Alveolinidae
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Alveolina sp.
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unclassified
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Mollusca indet.
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montastraeidae
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Montastraea sp.
Blainville 1830
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0.5 %-specimens | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Euphylliidae
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Euphyllia sp.
Dana 1846
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0.5 %-specimens | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Astrocoeniidae
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Astrocoenia sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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9 %-specimens | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Pocilloporidae
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Stylophora sp.
Schweigger 1819
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12 %-specimens | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Acroporidae
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Acropora sp.
Oken 1815
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2 %-specimens | ||||||
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Astreopora tecta
(Catullo 1856)
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8 %-specimens | ||||||
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Dendracis sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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2 %-specimens | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Caulastrea sp.
(Dana 1846)
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1 %-specimens | ||||||
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Paraleptoria flexuosissima
(d'Achiardi 1868)
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4.5 %-specimens | ||||||
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Cladocora sp.
Ehrenberg 1834
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4 %-specimens | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Faviidae
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Favia sp.
Oken 1815
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0.5 %-specimens | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Meandrinidae
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Pachygyra sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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3 %-specimens | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Actinacididae
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Actinacis cognata
Oppenheim 1901
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19 %-specimens | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Goniopora sp.
Blainville 1830
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7.5 %-specimens | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Siderastreidae
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Siderofungia sp.
Reiss 1889
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2.5 %-specimens | ||||||
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Siderastrea sp.
Blainville 1830
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0.5 %-specimens | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Italy | State/province: | Veneto | County: | Bolca |
| Coordinates: | 45.6° North, 11.2° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.3° North, 10.3° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Ypresian | Nannofossil zone: | CNE5 |
| Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Calcari nummulitici | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: uppermost part of calcareous nannofossil Zone CNE5; Zone NP13 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: massive limestone | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Abundance in sediment: | rare |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 4085 | ||
| Database number: | 180311 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause |
| Modifier: | M. Krause | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-07-13 02:33:46 | Last modified: | 2016-07-13 06:58:24 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2017-01-13 02:33:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 59830. | A. Vescogni, F. Bosellini, C. A. Papazzoni, L. Giusberti, G. Roghi, E. Fornaciari, S. Dominici and R. Zorzin. 2016. Coralgal buildups associated with the Bolca Fossil-Lagerstätten: new evidence from the Ypresian of Monte Postale (NE Italy). Facies 62(21) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Uhen] |