Cortina d'Ampezzo: Carnian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
? Mesodiadema sp.
Kier 1977
Many isolated plates; Alpe di Specie, Campo, Milieres, Tamarin, Rumerlo, Misurina
Echinoidea
Cidaris seelandica Zardini 1973
Zardini 1976
nomen dubium belonging to Echinoidea
spines
Cidaris alpina Zardini 1973
Zardini 1976
nomen dubium belonging to Echinoidea
spines
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Rhabdocidaridae
Cidaris subcoronata Münster 1841
Zardini 1976 14 specimens
recombined as Rhabdocidaris subcoronata
interambulacral fragments
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Miocidaridae
cf. Anaulocidaris sp.
Zardini 1976 1 specimen
interambulacral plate
Miocidaris cortinensis
Zardini 1976 3 specimens
test fragments - Milieres, Sasso Stria
Miocidaris adrianae Zardini 1975
Zardini 1976 1 specimen
test fragment - Misurina
Echinoidea - Cidaroida
Leurocidaris montanaro (Zardini 1973)
Kier 1977 3 specimens
3 tests and "many fragments"; Alpe di Specie, Milieres, Campo
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris leonardi
Zardini 1976 1 specimen
interambulacral fragment
Cidaris sp. Leske 1778
Zardini 1976 6 specimens
ambulacral fragments
Cidaris trigonata
Zardini 1976
spines
Cidaris buchi
Zardini 1976
spines
Cidaris verticellata
Zardini 1976
spines
Cidaris subnobilis Münster 1841
Zardini 1976 2 specimens
Interambulacra
Cidaris alata Agassiz 1839
Zardini 1976
spines
Cidaris roemeri Wissmann 1841
Zardini 1976
spines
Cidaris liagora Münster 1841
Zardini 1976 2 specimens
interambulacral plates
Miocidaris ampezzana Zardini 1978
Zardini 1976 2 specimens
recombined as Triassicidaris ampezzana
test fragments - Campo
Echinoidea - Cidaroida
Paurocidaris rinbianchi (Zardini 1973)
Kier 1977 3 specimens
2 tests;
Echinoidea
Cidaris triserrata Laube 1865
Zardini 1976
nomen dubium belonging to Echinoidea
spines
Cidaris spongiosa Zardini 1973
Zardini 1976
nomen dubium belonging to Echinoidea
spines
Cidaris hausmanni Wissmann 1841
Zardini 1976
nomen dubium belonging to Echinoidea
spines
Cidaris glabra Zardini 1973
Zardini 1976
nomen dubium belonging to Echinoidea
spines
Cidaris dorsata Braun 1841
Zardini 1976
nomen dubium belonging to Echinoidea
spines
Echinoidea - Plesiocidaroida - Tiarechinidae
Tiarechinus princeps Neumayr 1881
2 specimens
tests; Tamarin
Echinoidea - Triadocidaridae
Levicidaris furlani Kier 1984
4 specimens
tests; Stolla, Alpe di Species, Misurina
Levicidaris pfaifferi Kier 1984
1 specimen
test; Misurina
Levicidaris zardinia Kier 1977
14 specimens
tests plus many fragments; Misurina, Alpe di Species, Boa Staolin, Tamarin
Triadocidaris a
Kier 1977 5 specimens
interambulacral fragments; Alpe di Specie
Triadocidaris b
Kier 1977
interambulacral fragments; Campo, Alpe di Specie, Milieres
Triadocidaris subsimilis (Münster 1841)
Kier 1977 5 specimens
Alpe di Specie, Misurina
Triadocidaris venusta (Münster 1841)
Kier 1977 6 specimens
Only the type certainly belongs here; Alpi di Specie, Milieres
Cidaris gerana Braun 1841
Zardini 1976 3 specimens
synonym of Triadocidaris venusta
interambulacra
Triadocidaris suessii (Laube 1865)
Kier 1977 2 specimens
interambulacral fragment
Triadocidaris giauensis (Zardini 1973)
Kier 1977 1 specimen
test; Forcella Giau
Zardinechinus giulinii Kier 1984
3 specimens
tests; Misurina, Stolla, St Cassiano
Zardinechinus lancedelli (Zardini 1973)
>100 specimens
5 tests plus 100s of fragments interambulacra; Milieres, Staolin, Campo
Mikrocidaris pentagona (Münster 1841)
5 specimens
test from Milieres, Forcella Giau
Megaporocidaris mariana Kier 1977
23 specimens
9 tests plus 14 fragments; Alpi di Species, Misurina, Rumerlo
Echinoidea
Cidaris costalarensis Zardini 1973
Zardini 1976
nomen dubium belonging to Echinoidea
spines
Cidaris sulcata Zardini 1973
Zardini 1976
nomen dubium belonging to Echinoidea
spines
Cidaris waechteri Wissmann 1841
Zardini 1976
nomen dubium belonging to Echinoidea
spines
Cidaris biconica Zardini 1973
Zardini 1976
nomen dubium belonging to Echinoidea
spines
Cidaris coralliophila Zardini 1973
Zardini 1976
nomen dubium belonging to Echinoidea
spines
Cidaris forminensis Zardini 1973
Zardini 1976
nomen dubium belonging to Echinoidea
spines
Cidaris tetraedrica Zardini 1973
Zardini 1976
nomen dubium belonging to Echinoidea
spines
Cidaris ovata Zardini 1973
Zardini 1976
nomen dubium belonging to Echinoidea
spines
Cidaris costata Zardini 1973
Zardini 1976
nomen dubium belonging to Echinoidea
spines
Cidaris trapezoidalis Zardini 1973
Zardini 1976
nomen dubium belonging to Echinoidea
spines
Cidaris scrobiculata Braun 1841
Zardini 1976
nomen dubium belonging to Echinoidea
spines
Cidaris costeanensis Zardini 1973
Zardini 1976
nomen dubium belonging to Echinoidea
spines
Cidaris aialensis Kier 1977
Zardini 1976
nomen dubium belonging to Echinoidea
spines
Cidaris milierensis Zardini 1973
Zardini 1976
nomen dubium belonging to Echinoidea
spines
Cidaris fustis Laube 1865
Zardini 1976
nomen dubium belonging to Echinoidea
spines
Cidaris plana Zardini 1973
Zardini 1976
nomen dubium belonging to Echinoidea
spines
Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Isocrinus candelabrum
Zardini 1976
columnals only
Isocrinus apetalus
Zardini 1976
columnals only
Isocrinus sassostriensis
Zardini 1976
columnals only
Isocrinus tyrolensis
Zardini 1976
columnals only
Crinoidea - Encrinida - Traumatocrinidae
Traumatocrinus timoricus
Zardini 1976
columnals only
Crinoidea - Encrinida - Encrinidae
Encrinus granulosus (Münster 1834)
Zardini 1976
recombined as Zardinicrinus granulosus
columnals and attachments only
Encrinus cassianus Laube 1865
Zardini 1976 5 specimens
recombined as Chelocrinus cassianus
5 cups plus many columnals
Encrinus tuberculatus
Zardini 1976
columnals only
Encrinus cancellistriatus
Zardini 1976
columnals only
Encrinus cf. raridenatatus
Zardini 1976
columnals only
Encrinus ampezzanus
Zardini 1976
columnals only
Encrinus varians Münster 1841
Zardini 1976 2 specimens
synonym of Cassianocrinus tetarakontadactylus
2 cups plus columnals
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Venezia
Coordinates: 46.5° North, 12.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:13.2° North, 19.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Carnian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 3
Key time interval:Carnian
Age range of interval:237.00000 - 227.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:56706
Authorizer:A. Smith Enterer:A. Smith
Modifier:A. Smith Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-11-23 03:51:37 Last modified:2005-11-29 02:55:46
Access level:the public Released:2005-11-23 03:51:37
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

15290. P. M. Kier. 1984. Echinoids from the Triassic (St Cassian) of Italy, their lantern supports and a revised phylogeny of Triassic echinoids. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 56:1-41 [A. Smith/A. Smith]

Secondary references:

15291 P. M. Kier. 1977. Triassic Echinoids. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 30:1-88 [A. Smith/A. Smith]
15341 R. Zardini. 1976. Fossili di Cortina. Atlante degli Echinodermi Cassiani Trias Medio Superiore della regione dolomitica attorno a Cortina d'Ampezzo. Fossili di Cortina. Atlante degli Echinodermi Cassiani Trias Medio Superiore della regione dolomitica attorno a Cortina d'Ampezzo. FotoGhedina, Cortina d'Ampezzo [A. Smith/A. Smith/O. Alfaro]