Albenza 1, Italy (Triassic of Italy)

Also known as Reef 2156

Where: Italy (45.8° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 30.8° N, 13.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Calcare di Zu Formation, Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• 3 m thick and 8 m wide coral reef patches with moderate vertical zonation

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: T. Lakew. 1990. Microfacies and cyclic sedimentation of the Upper Triassic (Rhaetian) Calcare di Zu (Southern Alps). Facies 22:187-232 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 27537: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 11.12.2002, edited by Benjamin Brenneis

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Serpulida indet.
Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella sp.
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878
encrusting
Lithocodium
  -
Lithocodium sp.
Lithocodium sp. Elliott 1956
Cyanophyceae
  - Garwoodiaceae
Bacinella sp., Bacinella irregularis
Bacinella sp. Radoicic 1959
Bacinella irregularis Radoicic 1959
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Solenopora sp.
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877
Foraminifera
 Trochamminacea - Trochamminidae
Trochammina sp.
Trochammina sp. Parker and Jones 1859
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Tolypammina gregaria, Glomospira sp.
Glomospira sp. Rzehak 1895
 Involutinina - Involutinidae
Triasina hantkeni
Triasina hantkeni Majzon 1954
 Endothyroidea - Endothyridae
Endothyra sp.
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Frondicularia sp.
Frondicularia sp. Defrance 1824
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia sp.
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae
Pinacophyllum sp.
Pinacophyllum sp. Frech 1890 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astraeomorphidae
Astraeomorpha crassisepta
Astraeomorpha crassisepta Reuss 1854 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
Retiophyllia sp., Retiophyllia clathrata, Palaeastraea grandissima
Retiophyllia sp. Cuif 1966 stony coral
Retiophyllia clathrata Emmrich 1853 stony coral
End reef builders
Palaeastraea grandissima Frech 1890 stony coral
Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Solenolmiidae
Solenolmia sp., Paradeningeria sp.
Solenolmia sp. Pomel 1872 demosponge
Paradeningeria sp. Senowbari-Daryan and Schäfer 1979 demosponge
 Agelasida - Sebargasiidae
Amblysiphonella sp.
Amblysiphonella sp. Steinmann 1882 demosponge
 Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Colospongia sp.
Colospongia sp. Laube 1865 demosponge