Denti della Vecchia: Rhaetian, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhodophyceae
- Solenoporaceae
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Parachaetetes maslovi
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Solenopora sp.
Dybowski 1877
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Solenopora sp.
Dybowski 1877
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Reimaniphylliidae
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Retiophyllia sellae
(Stoppani 1865)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Astraeomorphidae
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Astraeomorpha crassisepta
Reuss 1854
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unclassified
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Brachiopoda indet.
Cuvier 1805
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
(Leske 1778)
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unclassified
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Lithocodium sp.
Elliott 1956
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Geography
| Country: | Italy |
| Coordinates: | 46.1° North, 9.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.1° North, 13.6° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late Triassic |
| Stage: | Rhaetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 4 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Triassic | ||
| Key time interval: | Rhaetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 208.5 - 201.4 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Calcare di Zu |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified bafflestone |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified wackestone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: 2 m thick coral horizon with corals in growth position | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Encrustation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | peel or thin section,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 2156 | ||
| Database number: | 27536 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | W. Kiessling |
| Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-12-11 06:50:59 | Last modified: | 2002-12-11 08:51:00 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-12-11 06:50:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 7591. | 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] |