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)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone and lithified packstone
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 36245: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 20.01.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae | |
Foraminifera | |
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Anthozoa | |
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Favia cf. subdenticulata Catullo 1856 stony coral | |
Antiguastrea sp. Vaughan 1919 stony coral |