Gazzangia-Val S. Rocco, Central Lombardy, Italy (Triassic of Italy)

Where: Lombardy, Italy (45.8° N, 9.8° E: paleocoordinates 30.7° N, 13.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-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 38124: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Benjamin Brenneis on 13.04.2004, edited by Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

Bactryllium deplanatum
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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Astraeomorphidae
Astraeomorpha crassisepta Reuss 1854 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Chondrocoenia schafhaeutli1 Winckler 1861 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
Palaeastraea grandissima Frech 1890 stony coral