Calcimicrobial-archaeocyathan buildups, Gonnesa Formation: Lenian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ludloviaceae
Epiphyton crinitum
Epiphyton sp. Bornemann 1886
Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Cyanophyceae - Garwoodiaceae
Palaeomicrocodium devonicum
Chabakoviacea
Renalcis sp. Vologdin 1932
Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Densocyathidae
Densocyathus sp.
Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Ajacicyathidae
Rotundocyathus sp. Vologdin 1960
Nochoroicyathus sp. Zhuravleva 1951
Aldanocyathus sp. Voronin 1979
Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Ethmocyathidae
Rasetticyathus sp.
Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Sajanocyathidae
? Sajanocyathus sp.
Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida
Dokidocyathina indet. Vologdin 1957
Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Asterocyathidae
Antoniocoscinus sp. Zhuravlev 1988
Erismacoscinus sp. Debrenne 1958
Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Copleicyathidae
Agastrocyathus sp. Debrenne 1964
Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Archaeopharetridae
Protopharetra sp. Bornemann 1884
Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Dictyocyathidae
Chouberticyathus sp.
Archaeocyatha - Capsulocyathida - Cryptoporocyathidae
Capsulocyathus sp.
Archaeocyatha - Capsulocyathida - Coscinocyathidae
Coscinocyathus sp. Bornemann 1884
unclassified
Bicyathus sp. Vologdin 1939
Coeloscleritophora - Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
Chancelloria sp. Walcott 1920
unclassified
Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754
? Mikhnocyathus sp.
Trilobita
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Sardinia
Coordinates: 39.3° North, 8.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.6° South, 113.6° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Cambrian Epoch: Series 2
10 m.y. bin: Cambrian 2-3
Key time interval: Lenian
Age range of interval: 515.6 - 510 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Gonnesa Formation:Gonnesa Member:Planu Sartu
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 1750
Database number:50195
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Collections that are a subset of this one:81035
Created:2005-05-10 06:04:01 Last modified:2008-05-16 05:20:31
Access level:the public Released:2005-05-10 06:04:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

13489. M. Fröhler and T. Bechstädt. 1992. Calcimicrobial-archaeocyathan buildups at the instable northwestern platform margin of the Lower Cambrian Gonnesa Formation, SW-Sardinia (Italy). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 1992(5):267-278 [W. Kiessling/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]