Mt. Facito, Appeninnes, Reef (Triassic of Italy)

Also known as Reef 176

Where: Italy (40.5° N, 15.7° E: paleocoordinates 0.7° N, 21.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mt. Facito Formation, Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)

• Mt. Facito Fm. starts in Early Triassic ranging to Ladinian. Fossil data from Ladinian part of section.

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

• flat-lenticular massive carbonate boundstones, up to 100 m thick.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ), peel or thin section,

Primary reference: S. G. Ciarapica, S. Cirilli, R. Martini, R. Rettori, L. Zaninetti and G. Salvini-Bonnard. 1990. Carbonate buildups and associated facies in the Monte Facito Formation (southern Apennines). Boll. Soc. Geol. Italiana 109:151-164 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 20659: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 03.06.2002

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Taxonomic list

Cyanophyceae
  - Garwoodiaceae
Bacinella irregularis Radoicic 1959
unclassified
  -
Nodosariata
 Robertinida - Duostominidae
Duostominidae sp. Brotzen 1963
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Astacolus sp. de Montfort 1808
Nodosaria sp. Lamarck 1812
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
Foraminifera
  -
"Ophtalmidium abriolense" = Ophthalmidium, "Ophtalmidium sp." = Ophthalmidium
"Ophtalmidium abriolense" = Ophthalmidium
"Ophtalmidium sp." = Ophthalmidium Kübler and Zwingli 1870
 Lagenina - Ichthyolariidae
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Ammobaculites sp. Cushman 1910
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824
Bigenerina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Geinitzinoidea - Abriolinidae
 Spirillinina - Spirillinidae
Turrispirillina sp. Cushman 1927
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
 Trochamminacea - Trochamminidae
Trochamminidae indet. Schwager 1877
 Textulariina - Cuneolinidae
 Hormosinacea - Hormosinidae
Reophax sp. Montfort 1808
 Lituolacea - Ataxophragmiidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Nubeculariidae
? Spiriamphorellinae indet. Senowbari-Daryan and Zaninetti 1986
 Miliolida - Meandrospiridae
Foraminifera
 Fusulinina - Nodosinellidae
 Fusulinina - Earlandiidae
 Endothyroidea - Endothyridae
 Fusulinina - Geinitzinidae
 Fusulinina - Pachyphloiidae
"Pachyphloia" sp. Lange 1925
 Tetrataxoidea - Tetrataxidae
"Tetrataxis" sp. Ehrenberg 1854
 Involutinina - Involutinidae
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Polyphysaceae
Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae
Follicatena cautica Ott 1967 demosponge
 Agelasida - Solenolmiidae
"Dictyocoelia manon" = Solenolmia manon
"Dictyocoelia manon" = Solenolmia manon Münster 1841 demosponge
subspecies manon
 Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Colospongia catenulata Ott 1967 demosponge
 Hadromerida - Celyphiidae
Paravesicocaulis sp. Kovacs 1978 demosponge
Uvanella irregularis Ott 1967 demosponge
Shamovella
  -
"Tubiphytes obscurus" = Shamovella obscura
"Tubiphytes obscurus" = Shamovella obscura Maslov 1956
Polychaeta
  -
Muranella
  -
Nullipora
  -
"Diplopora annulata" = Nullipora annulata
"Diplopora annulata" = Nullipora annulata Schafhaeutl 1853