Wombat Plateau, site 764, coral community (Triassic of Australia)

Also known as Reef 14

Where: Western Australia, Australia (16.6° S, 115.5° E: paleocoordinates 16.6° S, 115.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• small coral colonies embedded in micrite-rich lithologic types, alternating with hydrozoan-tabulozoan community

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: M. Sarti, A. Russo, and F. R. Bosellini. 1992. Rhaetian strata, Wombat Plateau: analysis of fossil communities as a key to paleoenvironmental change. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results 122:181-195 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 100285: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.12.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Chondrocoenia schafhaeutli Winckler 1861 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astraeomorphidae
Astraeomorpha confusa Winckler 1861 stony coral
Astraeomorpha crassisepta Reuss 1854 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
Retiophyllia sp., "Retiophyllia paraclathrata" = Retiophyllia clathrata
Retiophyllia sp. Cuif 1966 stony coral
"Retiophyllia paraclathrata" = Retiophyllia clathrata Emmrich 1853 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae
Margarosmilia ex gr. charlyana Frech 1890 stony coral