San Pietro, bioherm: Botomian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ludloviaceae
Epiphyton sp. Bornemann 1886
Chabakoviacea
Tarthinia sp. Drozdova 1980
Renalcis sp. Vologdin 1932
Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Ethmocyathidae
Inessocyathus sp.
Afiacyathus sp. Voronin 1962
Rasetticyathus sp.
Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Porocoscinidae
Tubicoscinus sp.
Porocoscinus sp.
Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Anthomorphidae
Anthomorpha sp. Bornemann 1884
Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Archaeopharetridae
Protopharetra sp. Bornemann 1884
Archaeocyatha - Capsulocyathida - Coscinocyathidae
Coscinocyathus sp. Bornemann 1884
Coeloscleritophora - Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
Chancelloria sp. Walcott 1920
unclassified
Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Trilobita
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Sardegna
Coordinates: 39.3° North, 8.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.6° South, 113.6° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cambrian Epoch: Series 2
10 m.y. bin: Cambrian 2-3
Key time interval: Botomian
Age range of interval: 515.6 - 512.5 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Nebida Formation:Matoppa
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: upper part of the formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "reef rocks"
Lithology description: bioherms with Epiphyton boundstone core
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
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 1749
Database number:81028
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-05-27 03:52:47 Last modified:2008-05-27 07:22:33
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

27260. A. Gandin and F. Debrenne. 1984. Lower Cambrian bioconstructions in southwestern Sardinia (Italy). Geobios, Memoire special 8:231-240 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]