Sandling near Aussee, Northern Calcareous Alps: Sevatian, Austria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
Cuifia marmorea (Frech 1890)
see common names

Geography
Country:Austria State/province:Calcareous Alps
Coordinates: 47.6° North, 13.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.0° North, 17.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Late Triassic
Stage: Norian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 4
Key time interval: Sevatian Ammonoid zone:  Pinacoceras metternichi - Arcestes obtusegaleatus
Age range of interval: 213.2 - 208.5 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Hallstatt Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "reef rocks"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,recrystallized
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Bioerosion:occasional
Encrustation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:38149
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:B. Brenneis
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-04-15 03:53:08 Last modified:2021-09-17 15:18:31
Access level:the public Released:2004-04-15 03:53:08
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
10248. E. Roniewicz. 1995. Upper Triassic Solitary Corals from the Gosaukamm and other North Alpine Regions. Sitzungsberichte Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Abteilung I 202:3-41 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/B. Brenneis]

Secondary references:

31235 E. Roniewicz and G. D. Stanley. 2009. Noriphyllia, a new Tethyan Late Triassic coral genus. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 83:467-478 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]