Longare village, Calcareniti di Castelgomberto Fm, coralline algal-coral facies (Oligocene of Italy)

Where: Vicenza, Italy (45.5° N, 11.6° E: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 9.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Calcareniti di Castelgomberto Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• Lower Oligocene

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; rudstone and floatstone

• in rudstones to floatstones with a packstone matrix

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: J. H. Nebelsick, D. Bassi, and J. Lempp. 2013. Tracking paleoenvironmental changes in coralline algal-dominated carbonates of the Lower Oligocene Calcareniti di Castelgomberto formation (Monti Berici, Italy). Facies 59:133-148 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 151437: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 01.10.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Anthozoa
 Hexacorallia -
Scleractinia indet.
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Lithoporella melobesioides, Spongites sp.
Lithoporella melobesioides Foslie 1909
very abundant specimens
Spongites sp. Kützing 1841
very abundant specimens
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Haddonia sp.
Globothalamea
 Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
Sphaerogypsina sp.
Sphaerogypsina sp. Galloway 1933
Foraminifera
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Nummulites sp., Operculina sp.
Nummulites sp. Lamarck 1801
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Soritidae
Praerhapydionina sp.
 Miliolida - Peneroplidae
Penarchaias sp., Spirolina sp.
Penarchaias sp. Hottinger 2007
Spirolina sp. Lamarck 1804