Cairo Montenotte, Italy, outcrops 58-60 (Oligocene of Italy)

Also known as Reef 693

Where: Italy (44.4° N, 8.3° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 38.7° N, 12.4° E (Wright 2013)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• Stage assingment not given by the author. Chattian most likely from coral association.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, argillaceous, silty bafflestone

• Part of a 40-60 m thick and several 100 m long fringing reef. Silty coral limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: T. Pfister. 1985. Coral fauna and facies of the Oligocene friniging reef near Cairo Montenotte (Liguria, Northern Italy). Facies 13:175-226 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 27544: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 11.12.2002

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Corallinacea indet.
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea pulcherrima
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
"Goniopora ramosa" = Porites nummulitica
"Goniopora ramosa" = Porites nummulitica Reuss 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Astreopora sp.
Astreopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia cf. subdenticulata
Favia cf. subdenticulata Catullo 1856 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
"Hexastraea sp." = Septastrea
"Hexastraea sp." = Septastrea d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Caulastrea fusinieri, Antiguastrea lucasiana, Leptoria anceps
Caulastrea fusinieri Catullo 1847 stony coral
Antiguastrea lucasiana Defrance 1826 stony coral
Leptoria anceps stony coral