Also known as Reef 966

Where: Italy (37.8° N, 12.8° E: paleocoordinates 37.6° N, 12.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Baucina Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: J. P. Saint Martin, G. Conesa, and J. J. Cornee. 1996. A new type of Messinian composite microbialitic build-up (Salemi, Sicily, Italy). Sedimentary Geology 106:51-63 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 69923: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.03.2007

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