Alhero: Calabrian, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
- Lithophyllaceae
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Lithophyllum byssoides
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Geography
| Country: | Italy | State/province: | Sardinia |
| Coordinates: | 40.6° North, 8.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.6° North, 7.9° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Calabrian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Calabrian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 1.80000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 0.132 to 0.112 Ma (unknown) |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 221988 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | K. Hassell |
| Created: | 2021-09-03 14:15:38 | Last modified: | 2021-09-03 14:15:38 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2021-09-03 14:15:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 77958. | D. Sechi, S. Andreucci, T. Stevens and V. Pascucci. 2020. Age and significance of late Pleistocene Lithophyllum byssoides intertidal algal ridge, NWSardinia, Italy. Sedimentary Geology 400:1-17 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell] |