Monte Postale, Coralgal boundstone 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 limestone

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 180311: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 13.07.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Echinoderma indet.
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Alveolinidae
Alveolina sp.
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Miliolidae indet.
Miliolidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Parachaetetes sp.
Parachaetetes sp. Deninger 1906
 Mollusca -
Mollusca indet.
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastraea sp.
Montastraea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Euphyllia sp.
Euphyllia sp. Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp.
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Pachygyra sp.
Pachygyra sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Cladocora sp., Caulastrea sp., Paraleptoria flexuosissima
Cladocora sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Caulastrea sp. Dana 1846 stony coral
Paraleptoria flexuosissima d'Achiardi 1868 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis cognata
Actinacis cognata Oppenheim 1901 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora sp.
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderofungia sp., Siderastrea sp.
Siderofungia sp. Reiss 1889 stony coral
Siderastrea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Astrocoenia sp.
Astrocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp., Dendracis sp., Astreopora tecta
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Dendracis sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Astreopora tecta Catullo 1856 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora sp.
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral