Rhätikon, Kössen Fm, Schesaplana Mmb (Triassic of Switzerland)

Also known as Reef 102

Where: Switzerland (47.1° N, 9.7° E: paleocoordinates 31.7° N, 14.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Schesaplana Member (Kössen Formation), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

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

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: H. Furrer. 1993. Stratigraphie und Facies der Trias/Jura-Grenzschichten in den oberostalpinen Decken Graubündens. Univ. Zürich 1-99 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 172799: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 24.08.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Foraminifera
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Foraminifera indet. Eichwald 1830
unclassified
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Porifera indet. Grant 1836
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pamiroseriidae
"Thamnasteria rectilamellosa" = Pamiroseris rectilamellosa
"Thamnasteria rectilamellosa" = Pamiroseris rectilamellosa Winckler 1861 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
""Thecosmilia" clathrata" = Retiophyllia clathrata
""Thecosmilia" clathrata" = Retiophyllia clathrata Emmrich 1853 stony coral
Deuteropoda
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Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Angustothyrididae
Rhaetina gregaria Suess 1854
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Pectinida - Dimyidae
Atreta intusstriata Emmrich 1853 scallop
 Megalodontida - Megalodontidae
"Conchodus infraliasicus" = Lycodus cor
"Conchodus infraliasicus" = Lycodus cor Schafhäutl 1863 clam
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Echinoidea
 Camarodonta -
Echinidea indet. sea urchin