Val Brembilla, Central Lombardy, Italy (Triassic of Italy)

Where: Lombardy, Italy (45.9° N, 9.7° E: paleocoordinates 30.8° N, 13.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Calcare di Zu Formation, Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: N. Fantini Sestini and E. Motta. 1984. I Coralli del Calcare di Zu (Triassico Superiore) della Lombardia (Italia). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 89(3):343-376 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/B. Brenneis]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 38118: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Benjamin Brenneis on 13.04.2004, edited by Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Angustothyrididae
"Terebratula gregaria" = Rhaetina gregaria
"Terebratula gregaria" = Rhaetina gregaria Suess 1854
Bivalvia
  - Aviculidae
Avicula sp. Bruguière 1791 clam
Avicula gregaria Stoppani 1865 clam
 Pectinida - Dimyidae
"Plicatula intusstriata" = Atreta intusstriata
"Plicatula intusstriata" = Atreta intusstriata Emmrich 1853 scallop
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Avicula aviculoides" = Arca aviculoides
"Avicula aviculoides" = Arca aviculoides Stoppani 1857 ark
 Cardiida - Palaeocarditidae
"Cardita austriaca" = Palaeocardita austriaca
"Cardita austriaca" = Palaeocardita austriaca Hauer 1853 clam
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia -
Lepiconus gastaldii Stoppani 1865 stony coral
Bactryllium striolatum
  -
Astraeidae
  - Astraeidae
Montlivaultia gastaldi n. sp. Stoppani 1865