Palmi, Calabria: Tortonian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950
Tarbellastraea reussiana (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
Tarbellastraea cf. prevostiana (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
synonym of Tarbellastraea reussiana
Goniastraea sp. (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848)
original and current combination Goniastrea
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten sp. Müller 1776
Florideophyceae - Hapalidiales - Lithothamniacae
Lithothamnion sp. Heydrich 1897
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy
Coordinates: 38.3° North, 15.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.1° North, 15.5° 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:11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Upper Tortonian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 1994
Database number:70492
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-03-26 02:48:13 Last modified:2007-03-26 05:48:13
Access level:the public Released:2007-03-26 02:48:12
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]