Sa Rocca Manna 3 (Miocene of Italy)

Where: Sassari, Italy (40.8° N, 8.8° E: paleocoordinates 42.8° N, 4.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Sedini Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; packstone and rudstone

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: M.F. Banisek, C. Betzler, G. Marcano and M. Mutti. 2009. Coralline-algal assemblages of a Burdigalian platform slope: implications for carbonate platform reconstruction (northern Sardinia, western Mediterranean Sea). Facies 55:375-386 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 222412: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 24.09.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Florideophyceae
 Sporolithales - Corallinophycidae
Sporolithon sp. Rothpletz 1891