Also known as Reef 882
Where: Italy (44.4° N, 8.2° E: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 7.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Molare Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
• Focus on coralline algae, some corals described
Primary reference: P. Fravega, M. Piazza, R. Stockar and G. Vannucci. 1994. Oligocene coral and algal reef and related facies of Valzemola (Savona, NW Italy). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 100:423-456 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 36244: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 20.01.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral | |
Deuteropoda | |
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod | |
Nodosariata | |
Nodosariidae indet. Ehrenberg 1838 | |
Foraminifera | |
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Planorbulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Globothalamea | |
Sphaerogypsina sp. Galloway 1933 | |
Florideophyceae | |
Lithophyllum lemoinei, Lithophyllum mengaudii, Lithophyllum cf. ligusticum, Lithoporella melobesioides, Jania nummulitica
Lithophyllum cf. ligusticum Airoldi 1932
Lithoporella melobesioides Foslie 1909
Jania nummulitica Lemoine 1927 |