San Luca area, loc. 5, San Luca unit, Vicenza: Oligocene, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Astrocoenia lobatorotundata (Michelin 1842)
abundant category
Astrocoenia laminosa d'Achiardi 1866
rare category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora haidingeri (Reuss 1864)
abundant category
Alveopora rudis Reuss 1864
rare category
Astreopora tecta (Catullo 1856)
rare category
Astreopora meneghiniana (d'Achiardi 1866)
rare category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis rollei Reuss 1864
abundant category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807
abundant category
Porites nummulitica Reuss 1864
common category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pavona informal bronni A
abundant category
Pavona informal bronni B
rare category
Pavona informal bronni C
rare category
Pavona informal bronni D
rare category
Pavona informal bronni E
rare category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae
Cricocyathus grumi (Catullo 1852)
common category
recombined as Pattalophyllia grumi
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea inaequalis (von Guembel 1861)
rare category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Euphyllia crassiramosa (Felix 1885)
rare category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia subdenticulata (Catullo 1856)
common category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Caulastrea pseudoflabellum (Catullo 1852)
common category
Tarbellastraea anomala (Michelotti 1871)
common category
Antiguastrea informal lucasiana A
abundant category
Antiguastrea informal lucasiana C
common category
Antiguastrea informal lucasiana E
common category
Antiguastrea informal lucasiana H
rare category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Colpophyllia informal stellata A
abundant category
Colpophyllia informal stellata B
rare category
Colpophyllia informal stellata C
rare category
Diploria crebriformis (Michelotti 1838)
abundant category
synonym of Variabilifavia confertissima
Anthozoa - Helioporacea - Helioporidae
Parapolytremacis bellardii (Haime 1852)
abundant category
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy
Coordinates: 45.8° North, 11.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.6° North, 10.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Oligocene
Age range of interval:33.90000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Salcedo
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Middle Oligocene, San Luca unit (bed 12)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: coral limestone, 10-20 m thick
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3569
Database number:69941
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-03-13 03:02:01 Last modified:2007-07-16 06:05:58
Access level:the public Released:2007-03-13 03:02:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

23489. T. Pfister. 1980. Systematische und paläoökologische Untersuchungen an oligozänen Korallen der Umgebung von San Luca (Provinz Vicenza, Norditalien) [Systematic and paleoecologic studies of Oligocene corals from San Luca area (Vicenza, northern Italy)]. Schweizerische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 103:3-121 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]