Zakojca, Cerkno area, Amphiclina Beds (Triassic of Slovenia)

Also known as Reef 20

Where: Slovenia (46.2° N, 13.9° E: paleocoordinates 11.3° N, 21.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Amphiclina Beds Member, Julian (235.0 - 232.0 Ma)

• Amphiclina Beds within the Pseudozilian Formation; Late Cordevolian-Julian

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• quiet-water reef-mounds
• massive, dark gray limestone

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 68751: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.02.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Volzeiidae
Volzeia badiotica
Volzeia badiotica Volz 1896 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae
Margarosmilia zieteni
Margarosmilia zieteni Klipstein 1843 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Conophyllidae
Myriophyllum badioticum
Myriophyllum badioticum Volz 1896 stony coral