Also known as Reef 882
Where: Italy (44.4° N, 8.2° E: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 7.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Molare Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
• Focus on coralline algae, some corals described
Primary reference: P. Fravega, M. Piazza, R. Stockar and G. Vannucci. 1994. Oligocene coral and algal reef and related facies of Valzemola (Savona, NW Italy). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 100:423-456 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 36246: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 20.01.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Florideophyceae | |
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Mesophyllum obsitum Airoldi 1932
Mesophyllum ingestum Conti 1946 | |
Spongites albanensis, Lithophyllum lemoinei, Lithophyllum intumescens, Corallina cossmannii, Jania sp., Jania nummulitica
Spongites albanensis Braga et al. 1993
Lithophyllum intumescens Mastrorilli 1967
Jania sp. Lamoroux 1812
Jania nummulitica Lemoine 1927 | |
| Foraminifera | |
|
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |