Costa dei Frascari, Matese Mountains, Italy: Norian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Jabrianella sp.
Probolocuspis espakhensis
rare category
Megalodonta indet.
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Heteroporella zankli
rare category
Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Pseudoudoteaceae
Pseudoudotea magna
dominant category
Rhodophyceae - Gymnocodiaceae
Asterocalculus heraki Sokac and Grgasovic 1998
rare category
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Ophthalmidiidae
? Paraophthalmidium sp.
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Hemigordiopsidae
Agathammina austroalpina Kristan-Tollmann and Tollmann 1964
Earlandiidae
Earlandia amplimuralis
Nodosariata - Robertinida - Duostominidae
Duostominidae indet. Brotzen 1963
Trochamminidae
Trochammina alpina
Trochammina tabasensis
Ammodiscidae
Gandinella falsofriedli
Glomospirella rosetta
Glomospirella sp. Plummer 1945
Lituolida - Lituolidae
Duotaxis birmanica
Involutinidae
Auloconus permodiscoides
Aulotortus friedli
Aulotortus sinuosus
2 subspecies: sinuosus and pragsoides
Aulotortus tumidus
Anthozoa - Scleractinia
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
large-sized
unclassified
Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754
Cyanophyceae - Garwoodiaceae
Garwoodia maxima
dominant category
Garwoodia toomeyi
Ortonella sp. Garwood 1914
Hedstroemia sp. Rothpletz 1913
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Campania
Coordinates: 41.4° North, 14.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:20.1° North, 14.0° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Norian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 4
Key time interval:Norian
Age range of interval:227.00000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: below the Triasina hantkeni Zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: 160 m thick sediments, mostly grain-supported limestones; rarely interbedded stromatolitic mud-supported limestones
Environment:open shallow subtidal
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,recrystallized
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:poor
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:38193
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:B. Brenneis
Modifier:B. Brenneis Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-04-19 06:41:06 Last modified:2004-04-19 09:41:06
Access level:the public Released:2004-04-19 06:41:06
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

10236. A. Mancinelli, D. Ferrandes, and B. Coccia. 2004. Norian calcareous Algae from the Matese Mountains (northern Campania, Italy). Facies 50:107-112 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]