SEZ.I, Rasa di Varese (Triassic of Italy)

Where: Italy (45.9° N, 8.8° E: paleocoordinates 7.0° N, 21.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nevadites secedensis ammonoid zone, San Salvatore Formation, Illyrian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified dolomite

• Platform carbonates (back-reef)
• Thick-bedded or massive, micritic, white-rosy or hazel dolostone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Natural History Museum "A. Stoppani", Seminario Arcivescovile of Venegono Inferiore (Varese, Italy)

Primary reference: V. Pieroni and A. Nützel. 2014. Rasatomaria gentilii gen. n. n. sp. - a new Middle Triassic pleurotomarioid gastropod genus and species from Rasa di Varese (San Salvatore Formation, southern Alps). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 120:281-286 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 175098: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.12.2015, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Danubitidae
Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Rasatomaria gentilii Pieroni and Nützel 2014 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
Crinoidea
 Holocrinida - Holocrinidae
Holocrinus sp.1 Wachsmuth and Springer 1886 Sea lily
 Articulata -
Encrinida indet.1 Matsumoto 1929 Sea lily
 Encrinida - Encrinidae
Encrinidae indet.1 Dujardin and Hupé 1862 Sea lily
Encrinus cf. aculeatus1 von Meyer 1849 Sea lily
Echinoidea
 Euechinoidea - Triadocidaridae
? Triadocidaris sp.1 Döderlein 1887 sea urchin
Triadocidaris transversa1 von Meyer 1847 sea urchin
Reptilia
 Pseudosuchia -
cf. Ticinosuchus sp.2 Krebs 1965 archosaur
ST166122, incomplete tooth crown