Albenza 1, Italy: Rhaetian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Serpulida indet.
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
Palaeastraea grandissima (Frech 1890)
Fantini Sestini and Motta 1984 2 specimens
Retiophyllia sp. Cuif 1966
Retiophyllia clathrata (Emmrich 1853)
End reef builders
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae
Pinacophyllum sp. Frech 1890
common category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astraeomorphidae
Astraeomorpha crassisepta Reuss 1854
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821
Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Colospongia sp. Laube 1865
common category
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Sebargasiidae
Amblysiphonella sp. Steinmann 1882
common category
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Solenolmiidae
Solenolmia sp. Pomel 1872
common category
Paradeningeria sp. Senowbari-Daryan and Schäfer 1979
common category
unclassified
Lithocodium sp. Elliott 1956
Cyanophyceae - Garwoodiaceae
Bacinella sp. Radoicic 1959
Bacinella irregularis Radoicic 1959
common category
Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
encrusting
Rhodophyceae - Solenoporaceae
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877
Involutinidae
Triasina hantkeni Majzon 1954
Nodosariata - Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Frondicularia sp. Defrance 1824
Trochamminidae
Trochammina sp. Parker and Jones 1859
Ammodiscidae
Glomospira sp. Rzehak 1895
Tolypammina gregaria
encrusting
Endothyridae
Endothyra sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy
Coordinates: 45.8° North, 9.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.8° North, 13.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Rhaetian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 4
*Period:Late/Upper Triassic
Key time interval:Rhaetian
Age range of interval:208.50000 - 201.40000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Calcare di Zu
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified framestone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: 3 m thick and 8 m wide coral reef patches with moderate vertical zonation
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:27537
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling, B. Brenneis
Modifier:B. Brenneis Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-12-11 06:56:41 Last modified:2004-04-10 09:32:05
Access level:the public Released:2002-12-11 06:56:41
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]

Secondary references:

10224 N. Fantini Sestini and E. Motta. 1984. I Coralli del Calcare di Zu (Triassico Superiore) della Lombardia (Italia). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 89(3):343-376 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/B. Brenneis]