Also known as Reef 882
Where: Italy (44.4° N, 8.2° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 38.7° N, 12.4° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Molare Formation, Chattian (27.3 - 23.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; poorly lithified conglomerate and lithified floatstone
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 36242: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 20.01.2004
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Hexastraea sp." = Septastrea
"Hexastraea sp." = Septastrea d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral | |
Favia subdenticulata Catullo 1856 stony coral | |
Montastrea inaequalis von Guembel 1861 stony coral | |
Florideophyceae | |