Stuores Wiesen - surface (Triassic of Italy)

Where: Italy (46.5° N, 11.9° E: paleocoordinates 13.3° N, 19.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cassian Formation, Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• Aon Zone; Early Carnian

Environment/lithology: basinal (); claystone and marl

• typical basin sediments: clay- and marlstones, mass flow deposits including turbidites, micritic and arenitic limestone beds. Yellowish beds of marly or oolithic limestone are intercalated in the basin marls

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. M. Hausmann and A. Nützel. 2015. Diversity and palaeoecology of a highly diverse Late Triassic marine biota from the Cassian Formation of north Italy. Lethaia 48:235-255 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 164208: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 26.11.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
"Cidaris" alata
"Cidaris" alata Agassiz 1839 pencil urchin
  -
"Cidaris" hausmanni
"Cidaris" hausmanni Wissmann 1841 sea urchin
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
"Terebratula" "sp. A"
"Terebratula" "sp. A" Müller 1776
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Plagioglypta undulata, Dentalium decoratum
Plagioglypta undulata Münster 1841 tusk shell
Dentalium decoratum Münster 1841 tusk shell
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
"Neritopsis armata" = Cassianopsis armata
"Neritopsis armata" = Cassianopsis armata Münster 1841 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Bucania ? rumpfi" = Retispira rumpfi
"Bucania ? rumpfi" = Retispira rumpfi Kittl 1891 snail
 Heterostropha - Gordenellidae
"Promathilda ? winkleri" = Promathildia, Promathilda biserta
"Promathilda ? winkleri" = Promathildia snail
Promathilda biserta Münster 1841 snail
 Heterostropha - Schartiidae
Racheliella mersai
Racheliella mersai Kittl 1894 snail
 Heterostropha - Cylindrobullinidae
Cylindrobullina scalaris
Cylindrobullina scalaris Dumortier 1864 snail
 Murchisoniina - Spirostylidae
Spirostylus retroscalatus
Spirostylus retroscalatus Kittl 1894 snail
 Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
"Zygopleura tenuis" = Ampezzopleura tenuis, Zygopleura hybridissima
"Zygopleura tenuis" = Ampezzopleura tenuis Münster 1841 snail
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Eucycloscala binodosa
Eucycloscala binodosa Münster 1841 snail
 Seguenzioidea - Eunemopsidae
Pseudoclanculus cassianus
Pseudoclanculus cassianus Wissmann 1841 snail
 Schizogonioidea - Schizogoniidae
Schizogonium serratum
Schizogonium serratum Münster 1841 snail
 Pleurotomarioidea -
Raphistomella radians
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Trochus sp.
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758 top snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Turbo eurymedon
Turbo eurymedon Laube 1869 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Dicosmos cassiana, Naticopsis sp.
Naticopsis sp. M'Coy 1844 snail
 Cerithioidea -
Camposcala biserta
 Cerithioidea - Prostyliferidae
Prostylifer paludinaris
Prostylifer paludinaris Münster 1841 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Coelostylinidae
Coelostylina sp., Euchrysalis sp.
Coelostylina sp. Kittl 1894 snail
Euchrysalis sp. Laube 1870 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Settsassiidae
Kittliconcha obliquecostata, Lacunina bronni
Lacunina bronni Wissmann 1841 snail
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo sp.
Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula expansa" = Ennucula tenuis
"Nucula expansa" = Ennucula tenuis Montagu 1808 nut clam
 Ostreida - Cassianellidae
Cassianella "sp. A", Cassianella decussata
Cassianella "sp. A" Beyrich 1862 oyster
Cassianella decussata Münster 1841 oyster
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon formosissimum