Olang, northern Dolomites, Italy (Triassic of Italy)

Also known as Reef 36

Where: Italy (46.8° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 6.3° N, 23.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Recoaro - Upper Serla Formation, Pelsonian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• Stratigraphic resolution very fine, but lumped from several horizons in the collection.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

• Reef mounds on lower to middle ramp position. Data from several facies: oncoid-peloid wacke-floatstone, bioclastic wackestone, lump packstone, bioclastic grainstone, algal bindstone, breccia, grapestone, silty wackestone.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: quarrying, peel or thin section,

• Data only occasionally separated fro different outcrops and formations. Thus compiled for whole region and two reefal formations

Primary reference: B. Senowbari-Daryan, R. Zühlke, T. Bechstädt and E. Flügel. 1993. Anisian (Middle Triassic) buildups of the northern Dolomites (Italy): The recovery of reef communities after the Permian/Triassic crisis. Facies 28:181-256 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 23570: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 17.07.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cyanophyceae
  - Garwoodiaceae
Hedstroemia sp. Rothpletz 1913
Ortonella sp. Garwood 1914
sp. 1
? Garwoodia sp. Wood 1941
unclassified
  -
Foraminifera
 Foraminifera -
Foraminifera indet. foram
sessile agglutinated form
Nodosariata
 Robertinida - Duostominidae
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
? Bullopora sp. Quenstedt 1856
Foraminifera
  -
"Ophtalmidium chiangchiangensis" = Ophthalmidium, Pseudoglandulina cf. conica
"Ophtalmidium chiangchiangensis" = Ophthalmidium
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Cornuspiridae
Foraminifera
 Endothyroidea - Endothyridae
 Nodosinellacea - Earlandinitidae
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Triploporellaceae
Oligoporella pilosa Pia 1912
subspecies varicans
 Dasycladales - Polyphysaceae
 Dasycladales - Diploporaceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Codiaceae
Codiaceae indet. Kützing 1843
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Brandneria dolomitica n. gen. n. sp.
Brandneria dolomitica n. gen. n. sp. Senowbari-Daryan et al. 1993
Calcarea
 Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Peronidella sp. Hinde 1893 calcareous sponge
Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae
Thaumastocoelia dolomitica n. sp. Senowbari-Daryan et al. 1993 demosponge
 Agelasida - Maeandrostiidae
 Agelasida - Cryptocoeliidae
Anisothalamia minima n. sp. Senowbari-Daryan et al. 1993 demosponge
 Agelasida - Solenolmiidae
Deningeria crassireticulata n. sp. Senowbari-Daryan et al. 1993 demosponge
Deningeria tenuireticulata n. sp. Senowbari-Daryan et al. 1993 demosponge
 Agelasida - Olangocoeliidae
Olangocoelia otti Bechstädt and Brandner 1970 demosponge
 Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
? Colospongia sp. Laube 1865 demosponge
 Hadromerida - Celyphiidae
? Celyphia minima n. sp. Senowbari-Daryan et al. 1993 demosponge
Celyphia zoldana Ott et al. 1980 demosponge
Hexactinellida
  -
Hexactinellida indet. Schmidt 1870 glass sponge
 Pharetronida -
Inozoa "indet." Steinmann 1882
sp. 1
Inozoa indet. Steinmann 1882
sp. 2
Hydrozoa
 Lemniscaterina - Cassianastraeidae
Cassianastraea sp. Volz 1897
Isastrea sp. in text but Cassianastrea in plate caption
 Spongiomorphida -
Spongiomorphida indet. Alloiteau 1952
Anthozoa
 Hexacorallia -
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pamiroseriidae
Pamiroseris sp. Melnikova 1971 stony coral
Thamnasteria sp. in text but Pamiroseris in plate caption
 Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
Retiophyllia "sp. 2" Cuif 1966 stony coral
also as Calamophyllia in text
Retiophyllia "sp. 1" Cuif 1966 stony coral
sp. 1
 Scleractinia - Zardinophyllidae
Zardinophyllum sp. Montanaro-Gallitelli 1975 stony coral
Plexoramea
  -
Plexoramea sp. Mello 1977
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
 Calcimicrobes -
Anisocellula fecunda n. gen. n. sp.
Anisocellula fecunda n. gen. n. sp. Senowbari-Daryan et al. 1993
Lamellitubus cauticus
  -
Nullipora
  -
"Diplopora annulata" = Nullipora annulata
"Diplopora annulata" = Nullipora annulata Schafhaeutl 1853