Where: Lombardy, Italy (45.7° N, 10.0° E: paleocoordinates 30.4° 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 38129: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Benjamin Brenneis on 13.04.2004, edited by Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Stylophyllum cocchii Stoppani 1865 stony coral | |
Retiophyllia defilippii stony coral | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Terebratula gregaria" = Rhaetina gregaria
"Terebratula gregaria" = Rhaetina gregaria Suess 1854 | |
Bivalvia | |
"Avicula contorta" = Rhaetavicula contorta
"Avicula contorta" = Rhaetavicula contorta Portlock 1843 pearl oyster | |
Cardita sp. Bruguière 1792 clam | |
"Cardita munita" = Pholadomya munita
"Cardita munita" = Pholadomya munita Stoppani 1857 clam |