The Trogkofel Formation is a
geologic formation
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in
Austria
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,
Slovenia
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and
Italy
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. It preserves
fossils
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dating back to the
Sakmarian
In the geologic timescale, the Sakmarian is an age or stage of the Permian. It is a subdivision of the Cisuralian Epoch or Series. The Sakmarian lasted between 293.52 and million years ago (Ma). It was preceded by the Asselian and followed b ...
to
Artinskian
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stages of the
Permian
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.
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Fossil content
The following fossils were reported from the formation:
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* '' Alternifenestella subquadratopora''
* '' Alternifenestella tuberculifera''
* '' Biwaella aff. americana''
* '' Boultonia willsi''
* '' Carnocladia fasciculata''
* '' Eridopora ignota''
* '' Filites trapezoida''
* '' Neostreptognathodus cf. pequopensis''
* '' Polypora sigillata''
* '' Primorella serena''
* '' Pseudofusulina ex gr. fusiformis''
* '' Rhabdomeson hirtum''
* '' Robustoschwagerina spatiosa''
* '' Scacchinella gigantea''
* '' Schubertella paramelonica''
* '' Spirifer (Martinia) macilentus''
* '' Stenophragmidium lamellatum''
* '' Streblotrypa (Streblascopora) germana''
* '' Yokoyamaella (Yokoyamaella) arminiae''
* '' Alternifenestella sp.''
* '' Apterinella sp.''
* '' Dutkevitchia sp.''
* '' Epimastopora sp.''
* '' Eridopora sp.''
* '' Girvanella sp.''
* '' Goniocladia sp.''
* '' Paraptylopora sp.''
* '' Paratriticites sp.''
* '' Penniretepora sp.''
* '' Prismopora sp.''
* '' Pseudofusulina sp.''
* '' Rhombopora sp.''
* '' Rugosofusulina sp.''
* '' Staffella sp.''
* '' Tubiphytes sp.''
;Flora
* '' Eugonophyllum johnsoni''
* '' Shamovella obscura''
* '' Anchicodium sp.''
* '' Darvasites sp.''
* '' Ivanovia sp.''
]
See also
* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Austria
This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Austria.
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units
See also
* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Europe
** List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Germany
** ...
* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Italy
* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Slovenia
Fossil-bearing stratigraphic units found in Slovenia span time periods from the Carboniferous to the Neogene
The Neogene ( ), informally Upper Tertiary or Late Tertiary, is a geologic period and system that spans 20.45 million years from ...
References
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Bibliography
* H. C. Forke. 2002. Biostratigraphic subdivision and correlation of uppermost Carboniferous/Lower Permian sediments in the southern Alps: fusulinoidean and conodont faunas from the Carnic Alps (Austria/Italy), Karavanke Mountains (Slovenia), and southern Urals (Russia). Facies 47:201-275
* A. Ernst. 2000. Permian Bryozoans of the NW-Tethys. Facies 43:79-102
* A. Ramovs. 1986. Reef building organisms and reefs in the Permian of Slovenia, NW Yugoslavia. Memorie della Societa Geologica Italiana 34:189-193
* H. L. Holzer and A. Ramovs. 1979. New rugose corals from the Lower Permian beds of the Karavanke Alps. Geologija 22(1):1-20
* E. Schellwien. 1900. Die Fauna der Trogkofelschichten in den Karnischen Alpen und den Karawanken I. Theil: die Brachiopoden. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 16:1-122
Geologic formations of Slovenia
Permian System of Europe
Permian Austria
Permian Italy
Limestone formations
Reef deposits
Permian northern paleotropical deposits
Southern Limestone Alps