Monte Postale, Polygenic bindstone facies: Ypresian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bryozoa
Bryozoa indet. (Ehrenberg 1831)
Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Vermetidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderofungia sp. Reiss 1889
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Agariciidae indet. Gray 1847
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis cognata Oppenheim 1901
Florideophyceae - Hapalidiales - Lithothamniacae
Lithothamnion sp. Heydrich 1897
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Peyssonneliaceae
Polystrata sp. (Pfender 1936)
Peyssonnelia sp. Decaisne 1841
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Hydrolithaceae
Mastophoroideae indet. Setchell 1943
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909
Florideophyceae - Sporolithales - Sporolithaceae
Sporolithon sp. (Rothpletz 1891)
Rhodophyceae - Solenoporaceae
Parachaetetes sp. Deninger 1906
Solenomeris sp. Douvillé 1924
Haplophragmoiidae
Placopsilina sp. d'Orbigny 1850
Homotrematidae
Carpenteria sp.
Miniacina sp.
Planorbulinidae
Planorbulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
unclassified
Victoriella sp.
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Alveolinidae
Alveolina sp.
Lituolida - Lituolidae
Haddonia sp.
Globothalamea - Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
Acervulina sp.
see common names

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 - 47.8 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 limestones made of sub-horizontal to irregularly arranged polygenic crusts
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:180312
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-07-13 02:50:32 Last modified:2016-07-13 06:58:44
Access level:authorizer only Released:2017-01-13 02:50:32
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]