Aieta , Northern Calabria, Italy (Triassic to of Italy)

Where: Calabria, Italy (39.9° N, 15.8° E: paleocoordinates 21.5° N, 12.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Verbicaro Unit Group, Norian to Norian (228.0 - 201.3 Ma)

• age probably limited to Norian

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• build-ups fragmented and embedded in detrital lithotypes
• black, finely laminated, generally graded dolomites alternated with breccia deposits

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: recrystallized, replaced with dolomite

Collection methods: peel or thin section

Primary reference: A. Climaco. 1994. Upper Triassic (Norian-Rhaetian) coral fauna in the Verbicaro Unit (Northern Calabria, Southern Italy). Studi Trentini di Scienze Naturali - Acta Geologica 69:51-59 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 38046: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Benjamin Brenneis on 03.04.2004

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Spongiostromata indet.
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Dasycladaceae indet.
Dasycladaceae indet. Kutzing 1843
 Dasycladales - Triploporellaceae
Griphoporella curvata
Griphoporella curvata Guembel 1915
[entered as Gryphoporella curvata]
Foraminifera
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Ammodiscidae indet., Tolypammina gregaria
 Involutinina - Involutinidae
Aulotortus sinuosus
Demospongiae
 Chaetetida - Chaetetidae
Chaetetidae indet.
Chaetetidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 chaetetid sponge
 Agelasida - Solenolmiidae
Paradeningeria sp.
Paradeningeria sp. Senowbari-Daryan and Schäfer 1979 demosponge
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
Retiophyllia sp., Distichophyllia sp., Coryphyllia sp.
Retiophyllia sp. Cuif 1966 stony coral
Distichophyllia sp. Cuif 1974 stony coral
D. sp. indet.
Coryphyllia sp. Cuif 1974 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae
Pinacophyllum sp.
Pinacophyllum sp. Frech 1890 stony coral
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Polychaeta
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Microtubus communis
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Porostromata
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Porostromata indet.