Begunjscica reef, Slovenia (Triassic of Slovenia)

Also known as Reef 72

Where: Slovenia (46.4° N, 14.2° E: paleocoordinates 29.4° N, 17.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• overlies Norian Dachstein limestones

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• reef limestones about 300 m thick

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: S. Buser, A. Ramovs, and D. Turnsek. 1982. Triassic Reefs in Slovenia. Facies (6)15-24 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/B. Brenneis]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 36572: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Benjamin Brenneis on 05.02.2004, edited by Uta Merkel and Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Ophthalmiidae indet.1
Cyanophyceae
  - Garwoodiaceae
? Garwoodia sp.1
? Garwoodia sp.1 Wood 1941
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet.1
Ostracoda indet.1 Latreille 1802 ostracod
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.1
Echinoidea indet.1 Leske 1778 sea urchin
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.1
Crinoidea indet.1 Miller 1821 Sea lily
Problematikum
  -
"Problematikum" indet.1
Demospongiae
 Verticillitida - Cheilosporitiidae
Cheilosporites tirolensis
Cheilosporites tirolensis Wähner 1903 demosponge
 Lithistida - Anthaspidellidae
Stromatomorpha actinostromoides, Stromatomorpha rhaetica
Calcarea
 Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Peronidella sp., Stellispongia cf. timorica
Peronidella sp. Hinde 1893 calcareous sponge
Stellispongia cf. timorica calcareous sponge
Hydrozoa
 Spongiomorphida - Spongiomorphidae
Heptastylopsis ramosa
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Protoheterastraeidae
Protoheterastrea sp.
Protoheterastrea sp. Wells 1937 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
"Spongiomorpha ramosa" = Eocomoseris ramosa1
"Spongiomorpha ramosa" = Eocomoseris ramosa1 Frech 1890 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyclophylliidae
"Cyclophyllia cyclica" = Cycliphyllia cyclica4
"Cyclophyllia cyclica" = Cycliphyllia cyclica4 Schaffer and Senowbari-Daryan 1978 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
"Thamnasteria" "delicata"
"Thamnasteria" "delicata" LeSauvage 1823 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
Retiophyllia clathrata, "Montlivaltia fritschi" = Distichophyllia fritschi1, Distichophyllia gosaviensis4, Distichophyllia norica, Distichophyllia norica3, Cuifia columnaris4, Palaeastraea grandissima4
Retiophyllia clathrata Emmrich 1853 stony coral
"Montlivaltia fritschi" = Distichophyllia fritschi1 Frech 1890 stony coral
Distichophyllia gosaviensis4 Frech 1890 stony coral
Distichophyllia norica Frech 1890 stony coral
Distichophyllia norica3 Frech 1890 stony coral
M. sp. div. ex gr. norica
Cuifia columnaris4 Roniewicz 1995 stony coral
Palaeastraea grandissima4 Frech 1890 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astraeomorphidae
Astraeomorpha pratzi4
Astraeomorpha pratzi4 Volz 1896 stony coral
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Solenopora styriaca, Parachaetetes sp.
Parachaetetes sp. Deninger 1906
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Milioliporidae
Miliolipora tamarae n. sp.2
Miliolipora tamarae n. sp.2 Gale et al. 2012
Foraminifera
 Involutinina - Involutinidae
"Glomospirella friedli" = Parvalamella friedli, Involutina cf. communis, Angulodiscus cf. communis1
"Glomospirella friedli" = Parvalamella friedli Kristan-Tollmann 1962
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
? Frondicularia sp.1
? Frondicularia sp.1 Defrance 1824
1Flügel and Ramovs 1961; 2Gale et al. 2012; 3Stanley, jr and Whalen 1989; 4Turnsek 1997