Monte Castellaro, Castelgomberto: Rupelian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Dictyaraea elegans (Leymerie 1846)
Porites nummulitica Reuss 1864
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Dimorphophyllia oxylopha Reuss 1864
Trochosmilia profunda Reuss 1868
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Dendracis seriata Reuss 1868
Dendracis mammillosa Reuss 1868
Alveopora rudis Reuss 1864
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Stylocoenia taurinensis (Michelin 1842)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora annulata Reuss 1864
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Heliastrea lucasana (Defrance 1826)
    = "Heliastrea" lucasana Defrance 1826
Kiessling 2008
Stylina fasciculata n. sp. Reuss 1868
    = "Stylina" fasciculata Reuss 1868
Kiessling 2008
Stylina suessi Reuss 1868
    = "Stylina" suessi Reuss 1868
Kiessling 2008
Rhabdophyllia intercostata n. sp. Reuss 1868
Rhabdophyllia tenuis Reuss 1868
? Ulophyllia irradians
? Ulophyllia macrogyra
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Symphyllia cristata
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Phyllocoenia irradians Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Plocophyllia caliculata (Catullo 1852)
Plocophyllia constricta Reuss 1868
Plocophyllia flabellata Reuss 1868
Hydrozoa - Milleporina
Millepora cylindrica Reuss 1864
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Veneto County:Vicenza
Coordinates: 45.6° North, 11.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.8° North, 9.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Oligocene
Stage: Rupelian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 4
Key time interval: Rupelian
Age range of interval: 33.9 - 27.82 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Castelgomberto
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: marly limestones
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:corals only
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 684
Database number:91645
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel, W. Kiessling
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-10-12 04:25:51 Last modified:2009-10-12 06:25:51
Access level:authorizer only Released:2011-10-12 04:25:51
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

30888. A. E. Reuss. 1868. Paläontologische Studien über die älteren Tertiärschichten der Alpen, 1: Die fossilen Anthozoen der Schichten von Castelgomberto [Paleontological studies about the older Tertiary beds in the Alps, 1: The fossil Anthozoa from the Castelcomberto Formation]. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 28:129-184 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

26431 W. Kiessling. 2008. New opinions on coral taxonomy. [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]