Caffaro riverbed section, Bagolino, 56.6 m: Illyrian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida - Gondolellidae
Neogondolella longa Budurov and Stefanov 1973
Brack et al. 2003
Paragondolella liebermani
Brack et al. 2003
Paragondolella alpina
Brack et al. 2003
Neogondolella cornuta cornuta
Brack et al. 2003
Neogondolella cornuta balkanica
Brack et al. 2003
Neogondolella cornuta postcornuta
Brack et al. 2003
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ptychitidae
Flexoptychites sp. Spath 1951
Brack et al. 2003
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae
? Reitziites sp. Brack and Rieber 1993
Brack et al. 2003
Reitziites reitzi (Boeckh 1875)
Kellnerites bagolinensis Brack and Rieber 1993
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Lombardy
Coordinates: 45.8° North, 10.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.2° North, 22.4° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Middle Triassic
Stage: Anisian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 2
Key time interval: Illyrian Ammonoid zone:  Reitzi
Age range of interval: 243.8 - 242 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Buchenstein
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Reitzi Zone (Reitzi Subzone). "Transitional Beds."
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:concretionary cherty/siliceous "limestone"
Lithology description: Coarsely-nodular, pelagic micrite, becoming more siliceous above 55 m.
Environment:basinal (carbonate)
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:44543
Authorizer:D. Bottjer, W. Kiessling, M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham, S. Nurnberg
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-09-15 11:44:42 Last modified:2017-11-26 22:47:20
Access level:the public Released:2004-09-15 11:44:42
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11675. P. Brack and H. Rieber. 1993. Towards a better definition of the Anisian/Ladinian boundary: new biostratigraphic data and correlations of boundary sections from the Southern Alps. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 86(2):415-527 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

11677 P. Brack, H. Rieber, and A. Nicora. 2003. The Global Stratotype Section and Point (GGSP) of the base of the Ladinian Stage (Middle Triassic): A proposal for the GSSP at the base of the Curionii Zone in the Bagolino section (Southern Alps, Northern Italy). Albertiana 28:13-25 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]