Monte del Cavallo 2, 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)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• 0.8 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 27539: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 11.12.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Dasycladacea indet. Radoicic 1969
Malacostraca
 Decapoda -
Parafavreina sp. Brönnimann et al. 1972 decapod
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae
"Stylophyllum robustum" = Phacelostylophyllum robustum
"Stylophyllum robustum" = Phacelostylophyllum robustum Roniewicz 1974 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astraeomorphidae
Astraeomorpha crassisepta Reuss 1854 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
Retiophyllia sellae Stoppani 1865 stony coral
Hydrozoa
  - Nigriporellidae
Tubiphytes sp. Maslov 1956