St. Cassian (Archduke Johann coll) (Triassic of Italy)

Where: Italy (46.6° N, 11.9° E: paleocoordinates 12.4° N, 20.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Cassian Formation, Julian (235.0 - 232.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Collection methods: In the collection of His Imperial Highness Archduke Johann of Austria

Primary reference: A. Klipstein. 1843. Beschreibung neuer Versteinerungen von St. Cassian und einiger anderer Localitäten, Erster Abschnitt. Mollusken. Beiträge zur Geologischen Kenntniss der Östlichen Alpen 101-207 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 146101: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.06.2013

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Joannitidae
"Ammonites johannisaustriae n. sp." = Joannites joannisaustriae, "Ammonites multilobatus n. sp." = Joannites klipsteini
"Ammonites johannisaustriae n. sp." = Joannites joannisaustriae Klipstein 1843 ceratite
"Ammonites multilobatus n. sp." = Joannites klipsteini von Mojsisovics 1875 ceratite