San Luca area, loc. 8, San Luca unit, Vicenza: Oligocene, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Antiguastrea informal lucasiana A
common category
Antiguastrea informal lucasiana D
rare category
Antiguastrea informal lucasiana G
rare category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia subdenticulata (Catullo 1856)
common category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Diploria crebriformis (Michelotti 1838)
rare category
synonym of Variabilifavia confertissima
Colpophyllia informal stellata A
common category
Colpophyllia informal stellata B
rare category
Colpophyllia informal stellata D
common category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pavona informal bronni A
rare category
Pavona informal bronni E
rare category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807
rare category
Porites nummulitica Reuss 1864
rare category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis rollei Reuss 1864
rare category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Astrocoenia lobatorotundata (Michelin 1842)
rare category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Alveopora rudis Reuss 1864
rare category
Acropora haidingeri (Reuss 1864)
rare category
Astreopora tecta (Catullo 1856)
rare category
Astreopora meneghiniana (d'Achiardi 1866)
rare category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea inaequalis (von Guembel 1861)
rare 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:69944
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-03-13 03:03:27 Last modified:2007-07-16 06:11:18
Access level:the public Released:2007-03-13 03:03:27
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]