Dolianova (Miocene of Italy)

Also known as Reef 1989

Where: Sardinia, Italy (39.4° N, 9.2° E: paleocoordinates 42.2° N, 1.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)

• Upper Chattian?-Aquitanian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• smaller coral buildups

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: A. F. Budd, F. R. Bosellini, and T. A. Stemann. 1996. Systematics of the Oligocene to Miocene reef coral Tarbellastraea in the northern Mediterranean. Palaeontology 39(3):515-560 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85110: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 28.11.2008, edited by Mihaela Krause

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Tarbellastraea chevalieri n. sp. Bosellini 1996 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastraea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral