Val di Puartis reef mounds: Kasimovian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Multithecoporidae
Multithecopora syrinx (Etheridge 1900)
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844
Bairdianella sp.
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Microcheilinellidae
Microcheilinella sp. Geis 1933
Tetrataxidae
Tetrataxis sp. Ehrenberg 1854
Tuberitinidae
Tuberitina sp.
Bradyinidae
Bradyina sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy
Coordinates: 46.6° North, 13.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:11.6° South, 23.1° East
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Carboniferous Epoch: Pennsylvanian
Stage: Kasimovian 10 m.y. bin: Carboniferous 5
Key time interval: Kasimovian
Age range of interval: 307 - 303.7 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Auernig Formation:Meledis
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: early Kasimovian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Lithology description: Small auloporid mounds
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Glacial or sequence phase:highstand systems tract
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 313
Database number:49712
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-04-24 09:17:37 Last modified:2005-04-24 12:17:37
Access level:the public Released:2005-04-24 09:17:36
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
13350. E. Flügel and K. Krainer. 1992. Allogenic and autogenic controls of reef mound formation: Late Carboniferous auloprid coral buildups from the Carnic Alps, Italy. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 185:39-62 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]