ammonites
Cascine, Acqui area, Piemont (Oligocene of Italy)

Also known as Reef 883

Where: Italy (44.5° N, 8.4° E: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 7.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chattian (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• coral limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Pfister. 1980. Paläoökologie des oligozänen Korallenvorkommens von Cascine südlich Acqui (Piemont, Norditalien) [Paleoecology of the Oligocene coral fauna from Cascine south of Acqui (Piemont, Italy)]. Jahrbuch des Naturhistorischen Museums Bern 7:247-262 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 69702: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.03.2007