Pokljuka reef, Northern Julian Alps (Triassic of Slovenia)

Also known as Reef 524

Where: Slovenia (46.4° N, 13.9° E: paleocoordinates 12.4° N, 20.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• light grey biolithitic massive limestones

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: D. Turnsek and S. Buser. 1989. The Carnian reef complex on the Pokljuka (NW Yugoslavia). Razprave Slovenska Akademija Znanosti in Umetnosti, 4. razred 30:75-127 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 67806: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.12.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Aculaechaetetes sp.
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Marinella sp., Solenopora sp.
Marinella sp. Pfender 1939
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877
Plexoramea cerebriformis
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Plexoramea cerebriformis
Ladinella porata
  -
Ladinella porata
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Guembelastraeidae
Stuoresia bronni
Stuoresia bronni Klipstein 1843 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Conophyllidae
Rhopalodendron juliensis n. gen. n. sp., Myriophyllum badioticum
Rhopalodendron juliensis n. gen. n. sp. Turnsek and Buser 1989 stony coral
Myriophyllum badioticum Volz 1896 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Tropiastreidae
Tropidendron rhopalifer
Tropidendron rhopalifer Cuif 1975 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Coryphylliidae
Pokljukosmilia tuvalica n. gen. n. sp.
Pokljukosmilia tuvalica n. gen. n. sp. Turnsek and Buser 1989 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
Craspedophyllia alpina, Coryphyllia regularis
Craspedophyllia alpina Loretz 1875 stony coral
Coryphyllia regularis Cuif 1974 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae
Margarophyllia capitata, Margarosmilia confluens, Margarosmilia richthofeni, Margarosmilia septanectens
Margarophyllia capitata Münster 1841 stony coral
Margarosmilia confluens Münster 1841 stony coral
Margarosmilia richthofeni Volz 1896 stony coral
Margarosmilia septanectens Loretz 1875 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Volzeiidae
Volzeia badiotica
Volzeia badiotica Volz 1896 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Araiophyllum cf. triassicum
Araiophyllum cf. triassicum Cuif 1975 stony coral
 Scleractinia -
Koilocoenia sp.
Koilocoenia sp. Duncan 1884 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Protoheterastraeidae
Protoheterastrea minor n. sp.
Protoheterastrea minor n. sp. Turnsek and Buser 1989 stony coral
listed as Protoheterastraea n. sp. minor
Demospongiae
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Blastochaetetes orientalis, Atrochaetetes cylindrica n. sp.
Atrochaetetes cylindrica n. sp. demosponge
 Lithistida - Anthaspidellidae
Stromatomorpha sp.
Stromatomorpha sp. Frech 1890 demosponge