Monte del Cavallo 1, Italy (Triassic of Italy)

Also known as Reef 2156

Where: Italy (45.8° N, 9.7° E: paleocoordinates 30.7° N, 13.8° 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

• 1 m thick coral bed

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 27538: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 11.12.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
Retiophyllia langobardica Stoppani 1857 stony coral
Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Solenolmiidae
Paradeningeria sp. Senowbari-Daryan and Schäfer 1979 demosponge
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Milioliporidae
Foraminifera
 Textulariina - Coscinophragmatidae