Where: Matera, Italy (40.3° N, 16.6° E: paleocoordinates 40.2° N, 16.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• bed sample 259
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: H. Zibrowius and B. Plagella. 1981. First record of the genus Fungiacyathus (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) from the mediterranean area: Pliocene of Masseria Concarone (MT., southern Italy. Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 20(2):143-146 [W. Kiessling/S. Jankowski]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 84303: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Sophie Jankowski on 07.10.2008
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Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Fungiacyathus sp. Sars 1872 stony coral |