Also known as Reef 687

Where: Italy (39.9° N, 18.4° E: paleocoordinates 37.9° N, 16.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Castro Limestone Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: mechanical, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: F. R. Bosellini and A. Russo. 1992. Stratigraphy and facies of an Oligocene fringing reef (Castro Limestone, Salento Peninsula, southern Italy). Facies 26:145-166 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 25371: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 10.09.2002

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