Laverda Valley, loc. 6, San Luca unit, Vicenza: Oligocene, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Astrocoeniidae
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Astrocoenia lobatorotundata
(Michelin 1842)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Pocilloporidae
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Stylophora sp.
Schweigger 1819
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Goniopora microsiderea
(Catullo 1856)
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Porites sp.
Link 1807
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Agathiphylliidae
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Agathiphyllia gregaria
(Catullo 1852)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Faviidae
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Favia subdenticulata
(Catullo 1856)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Cladocora prolifera
(d'Achiardi 1866)
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Antiguastrea informal lucasiana A
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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: | 69966 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-03-13 05:15:01 | Last modified: | 2007-07-16 07:10:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-03-13 05:15:01 |
| 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] |