Montebaranzone, Modena: Tortonian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae
? Amphihelia profunda Chevalier 1961
recombined as Madrepora profunda
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) cylindrica (Michelotti 1838)
Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) patera Montanaro 1933
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum avicula (Michelotti 1838)
? Flabellum zuffardii Chevalier 1961
Flabellum acutum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
var. macilenta
? Flabellum siciliense Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) verrucosus (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848)
Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) laterocristatus (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848)
Trochocyathus (Aplocyathus) armatus (Michelotti 1838)
Trochocyathus plicatus (Michelotti 1838)
var. crassus
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy
Coordinates: 44.5° North, 10.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.2° North, 10.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Tortonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Tortonian
Age range of interval:11.62000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified marl
Environment:deep subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:70498
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-03-26 07:11:12 Last modified:2007-03-26 10:11:14
Access level:the public Released:2007-03-26 07:11:05
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

23527. J. P. Chevalier. 1961. Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale [Miocene corals and reefs from the western Mediterranean]. Memoires de la Societe geologique de France 93:1-562 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]