Monti Cadini, Dolomites (Triassic of Italy)

Also known as Reef 27

Where: Italy (47.0° N, 12.4° E: paleocoordinates 13.4° N, 20.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Lower Carnian

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J. Wendt. 1982. The Cassian Patch Reefs (Lower Carnian, Southern Alps) - Die Cassianer Patch Reefs (Unterkarn, Südalpen). Facies 6:185-202 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 170920: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 29.06.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Brachiopoda
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Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
"? Homeorhynchia sp." = Homoeorhynchia
"? Homeorhynchia sp." = Homoeorhynchia Buckman 1917
Bryozoa
  -
Polychaeta
  -
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillia sp. Defrance 1820 oyster
 Cardiida - Palaeocarditidae
Palaeocardita sp. Conrad 1867 clam
Hydrozoa
  - Nigriporellidae
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria sp. LeSauvage 1823 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
"Actinastrea" sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
"Spongiomorpha ramosa" = Eocomoseris ramosa
"Spongiomorpha ramosa" = Eocomoseris ramosa Frech 1890 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Thecosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Calcarea
 Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Stellispongia sp. d'Orbigny 1849 calcareous sponge
Stromatoporoidea
  -
Cassianostroma kuepperi Flügel 1960 stromatoporoid sponge
Demospongiae
 Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Colospongia sp. Laube 1865 demosponge
 Agelasida - Aphrosalpingidae
Vesicocaulis sp. Ott 1967 demosponge
 Agelasida - Sestrostomellidae
Sestrostomella sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge
 Agelasida - Cryptocoeliidae
Cryptocoelia zitteli Steinmann 1882 demosponge
 Agelasida - Solenolmiidae
"Dictyocoelia manon" = Solenolmia manon
"Dictyocoelia manon" = Solenolmia manon Münster 1841 demosponge
 Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae
Follicatena sp. Ott 1967 demosponge
 Hadromerida - Celyphiidae
Uvanella sp. Ott 1967 demosponge
Shamovella
  -
"Tubiphytes obscurus" = Shamovella obscura
"Tubiphytes obscurus" = Shamovella obscura Maslov 1956
Cyanophyceae
  -
Cayeuxia sp. Frollo 1938
  - Garwoodiaceae
Cladogirvanella cipitensis
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Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877
? Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877
Parachaetetes sp. Deninger 1906
"Solenopora cassiana" = Parachaetetes cassiana Flugel 1961