Monte Postale, Polygenic bindstone facies (Eocene of Italy)

Also known as Reef 4085

Where: Veneto, Italy (45.6° N, 11.2° E: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 10.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: CNE5 nannofossil zone, Calcari nummulitici Group, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• uppermost part of calcareous nannofossil Zone CNE5; Zone NP13

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• massive limestones made of sub-horizontal to irregularly arranged polygenic crusts

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Vescogni, F. Bosellini, C. A. Papazzoni, L. Giusberti, G. Roghi, E. Fornaciari, S. Dominici and R. Zorzin. 2016. Coralgal buildups associated with the Bolca Fossil-Lagerstätten: new evidence from the Ypresian of Monte Postale (NE Italy). Facies 62(21) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 180312: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 13.07.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Solenomeris sp. Douvillé 1924
Parachaetetes sp. Deninger 1906
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Mastophoroideae indet. Setchell 1943
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909
Polystrata sp. Pfender 1936
Peyssonnelia sp. Decaisne 1841
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Lithothamnion sp. Heydrich 1897
 Sporolithales - Corallinophycidae
Sporolithon sp. Rothpletz 1891
Foraminifera
 Lituolacea - Haplophragmoiidae
Placopsilina sp. d'Orbigny 1850
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
 Planorbulinacea - Planorbulinidae
Planorbulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Alveolinidae
Foraminifera
  -
Globothalamea
 Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis cognata Oppenheim 1901 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderofungia sp. Reiss 1889 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Agariciidae indet. Gray 1847 stony coral
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Bryozoa
  -
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Vermetidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 worm shell