REEFCORAL: a tool for evaluating the taxonomic and palaeoecological evolution of z-coral communities in the Cenozoic Mediterranean realm

Christine Perrin (1) , Bosellini Francesca (2)

1 HNHP - Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique
2 Department of Chemical and Geological Siences, University of Modena and Reggio-Emilia

With an increasing need of data for better understanding the response of reef coral communities to global change, the Mediterranean region is a suitable and promising “laboratory” for investigating spatio temporal changes in reef and coral-bearing ecosystems during the Cenozoic. Our REEFCORAL database hosts data on currently more than 3000 scleractinian-coral occurrences from 285 Oligocene and Miocene localities in the circum-Mediterranean regions, including the Mediterranean, the Paratethys, and some Middle- East and Eastern Atlantic areas.

Keywords: corals; database; Oligocene; Miocene; Mediterranean

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Earth Sciences; Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Earth Sciences; Paleontology

Christine Perrin, Bosellini Francesca. REEFCORAL: a tool for evaluating the taxonomic and palaeoecological evolution of z-coral communities in the Cenozoic Mediterranean realm. Rendiconti online della Societa Geologica Italiana, 2008. ⟨mnhn-02866772⟩