Patch Reef Association III (Spongiomorpha ramosa Association) (Triassic to of Italy)

Where: Italy (46.6° N, 12.2° E: paleocoordinates 11.5° N, 20.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Cassian Formation, Ladinian to Ladinian (242.0 - 228.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithology not reported

• Well-lit metazoan framework under changing energy conditions

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. Sanchez-Beristain and J. Reitner. 2016. Palaeoecology of new fossil associations from the Cipit boulders, St. Cassian Formation (Ladinian–Carnian, Middle–Upper Triassic; Dolomites, NE Italy). Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 90(2):243-269 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 182588: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 09.11.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Calcarea
 Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Eudea polymorpha Klipstein 1843 calcareous sponge
Demospongiae
 Chaetetida - Chaetetidae
Chaetetidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 chaetetid sponge
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
"Spongiomorpha ramosa" = Eocomoseris ramosa
"Spongiomorpha ramosa" = Eocomoseris ramosa Frech 1890 stony coral
Ladinella porata
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Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae
 Life - Wetheredellidae
Koskinobullina socialis Cherchi and Schroeder 1979