Radovna, Northern Julian Alps (Triassic of Slovenia)

Also known as Reef 524

Where: Slovenia (46.4° N, 14.0° E: paleocoordinates 11.5° N, 21.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Julian (235.0 - 232.0 Ma)

• Cordevolian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• 800 m thick succession of massive grey limestones; corals form patch reefs which vertically and laterally pass into bedded or massive algal limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: D. Turnsek. 1997. Mesozoic corals of Slovenia. ZRC SAZU, Ljubljana 1-512 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68747: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.02.2007

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Taxonomic list

Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporoidea -
Stromatoporoidea indet. stromatoporoid sponge
Hydrozoa
 Lemniscaterina - Cassianastraeidae
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Protoheterastraeidae
"Volzeia sublaevis" = Remismilia sublaevis
"Volzeia sublaevis" = Remismilia sublaevis Münster 1841 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Tropiastreidae
Tropidendron rhopalifer Cuif 1975 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Conophyllidae
 Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae
Margarophyllia capitata Münster 1841 stony coral