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: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified floatstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
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 36254: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 20.01.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Tubothalamea | |
Pyrgo sp. Defrance 1824 | |
Foraminifera | |
Heterostegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Florideophyceae | |
"Archaeolithothamnium" oulianovii, Spongites albanensis, Lithophyllum lemoinei, Lithophyllum cf. quadrangulum, Lithophyllum cf. ligusticum, Lithophyllum intumescens, Lithoporella melobesioides
Spongites albanensis Braga et al. 1993
Lithophyllum cf. quadrangulum Lemoine 1934
Lithophyllum cf. ligusticum Airoldi 1932
Lithophyllum intumescens Mastrorilli 1967
Lithoporella melobesioides Foslie 1909 | |
Anthozoa | |
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
Bivalvia | |
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810 scallop |