Micromorphic Gastropod Community in the Carnic Alps (Devonian of Italy)

Where: Italy (46.6° N, 12.9° E: paleocoordinates 40.7° S, 49.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Emsian (407.6 - 393.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; peloidal, gray, yellow grainstone and dolomite

• "A regularly repeated, shallowing upwards, subtidal to supratidal cyclothem (consisting of the following triplet from bottom: (a) gastropod-oncoid rich algal-pellet calcarenite, subtidal; (b) laminated algal stromatolite, intertidal; ;(c) massive birds eye rich micrite, supratidal, is developed here. A high energy, very shallow subtidal to intertidal environment is assumed for this community in a restricted by euphotic-phytal zone...A BA 1 to 2 position is suggested."
• "the small gastropods are commonly found as nuclei of oncoids in algal-pellet calcarenites alternating with partly dolomitized inter- to supratidal stromatolites."

Primary reference: G. B. Vai. 1999. Wenlockian to Emsian communities of the Carnic Alps (Austria and Italy). in A. J. Boucot and J. D. Lawson, eds. Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian. Cambridge University Press. 282-304 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 14262: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 29.05.2002, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

• Only gastropods given to genus level. Other higher taxa are "calcisphaerids" and codiacean algae.
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Algae
 Algae -
Algae indet.
Algae indet.
codiacean algae
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Straparollus sp.
Straparollus sp. de Montfort 1810 snail
 Murchisoniina -
Murchisonioidea indet.
Murchisonioidea indet. Koken 1896 snail
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonema sp.
Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Bicarina sp.
Bicarina sp. Jhaveri 1969 snail