Schernplateau (Triassic of Italy)

Also known as Plateau des Schlern

Where: South Tyrol, Italy (46.5° N, 11.6° E: paleocoordinates 13.4° N, 19.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Wöhrmann, Koken, Ogilvie Gordon

• Wöhrmann and Koken's taxonomic lists combined, with some additions by Ogilvie Gordon

Primary reference: M. M. Ogilvie Gordon. 1927. Das Grödener-, Fassa- und Enneberggebiet in den Südtiroler Dolomiten: Geologische Beschreibung mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Überschiebungserscheinungen. Teil III. Paläontologie. Abhandlungen der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 24(2):1-88 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 205157: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 08.10.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Sphaerocodium bornemanni
  -
Sphaerocodium bornemanni Rothpletz 1889
Echinoidea
  -
Cidaris cf. dorsata Braun 1841 sea urchin
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris roemeri Wissmann 1841 pencil urchin
Cidaris alata Agassiz 1839 pencil urchin
Crinoidea
 Encrinida - Encrinidae
"Entrochus (Encrinus) cassianus" = Chelocrinus cassianus
"Entrochus (Encrinus) cassianus" = Chelocrinus cassianus Laube 1865 Sea lily
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
 Murchisoniina - Wortheniellidae
"Worthenia canalifera" = Wortheniella canalifera
"Worthenia canalifera" = Wortheniella canalifera Münster 1841 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Coelostylinidae
"Coelostylina (Chemnitzia) solida" = Coelostylina conica, "Pustularia (Loxonema) alpina" = Pustulifer alpina
"Coelostylina (Chemnitzia) solida" = Coelostylina conica Münster 1841 snail
"Pustularia (Loxonema) alpina" = Pustulifer alpina Eichwald 1851 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Settsassiidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Purpurinidae
Tretospira multistriata Wohrmann 1892 periwinkle
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Amauropsis sp. Mörch 1857 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
"Neritopsis decussata" = Cassianopsis decussata, "Neritopsis armata" = Cassianopsis armata
"Neritopsis decussata" = Cassianopsis decussata Münster 1841 snail
"Neritopsis armata" = Cassianopsis armata Münster 1841 snail
 Neritoina - Palaeonaricidae
Palaeonarica concentrica Münster 1841 snail
Palaeonarica pyrulaeformis Klipstein 1843 snail
 Neritoina - Delphinulopsidae
"Platychilina woehrmanni" = Platychilina pustulosa
"Platychilina woehrmanni" = Platychilina pustulosa Münster 1841 snail
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
 Ptenoglossa - Protoculidae
 Patellogastropoda - Patellidae
Patella gremblichi Wohrmann 1893 limpet
 Neritoidea - Neritariidae
Neritaria plicatilis Klipstein 1843 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Hologyra alpina Koken 1892 snail
Bivalvia
  - Aviculidae
Avicula kokeni Wöhrman 1892 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiola obtusa" = Modiolus, "Modiola gracilis" = Modiolus gracilis
"Modiola obtusa" = Modiolus mussel
"Modiola gracilis" = Modiolus gracilis Klipstein 1843 mussel
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Macrodon imbricarius Bittner 1895 clam
 Pectinida - Limidae
Mysidioptera latifissa, "Mysidioptera incurvostriata" = Lima incurvostriata
Mysidioptera latifissa Broili 1904 file clam
"Mysidioptera incurvostriata" = Lima incurvostriata Gümbel 1889 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten zitteli" = Camptonectes (Camptochlamys) zitteli Wohrmann and Koken 1892 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
"Pecten deeckei" = Entolioides deeckei
"Pecten deeckei" = Entolioides deeckei Parona 1889 scallop
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
"Pinna tommasii" = Pinna (Pinna) tommasii
"Pinna tommasii" = Pinna (Pinna) tommasii Wohrmann and Koken 1892 oyster
 Ostreida - Cassianellidae
"Hoernesia joannisaustriae" = Septihoernesia joannisaustriae Klipstein 1843 oyster
Cassianella decussata Münster 1841 oyster
 Megalodontida - Megalodontidae
Megalodus sp. Goldfuss 1836 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Myoconcha parvula Wöhrmann and Koken 1892 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Gonodon (Corbis) mellingi" = Schafhaeutlia mellingi, "Gonodon (Corbis) astartiformis" = Schafhaeutlia astartiformis
"Gonodon (Corbis) mellingi" = Schafhaeutlia mellingi Hauer 1857 clam
"Gonodon (Corbis) astartiformis" = Schafhaeutlia astartiformis Münster 1841 clam
 Carditida - Myophoricardiidae
 Unionida - Pachycardiidae
Pachycardia haueri Wöhrmann and Koken 1892 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigonodidae
Trigonodus rablensis Gredler 1862 clam
Trigonodus costatus Wöhrmann 1892 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
"Myophoria whateleyae" = Costatoria whateleyae, Myophoria plana, Myophoria kefersteini, "Myophoria fissidentata" = Heminajas fissidentata
"Myophoria whateleyae" = Costatoria whateleyae Buch 1845 clam
Myophoria kefersteini Münster 1828 clam
"Myophoria fissidentata" = Heminajas fissidentata von Wöhrmann 1889 clam
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Grypoceratidae
"Nautilus guembeli" = Grypoceras guembeli
"Nautilus guembeli" = Grypoceras guembeli von Mojsisovics 1873
 Nautilida - Syringonautilidae
"Nautilus evolutus" = Syringoceras evolutum
"Nautilus evolutus" = Syringoceras evolutum von Mojsisovics 1873
 Pseudorthocerida - Trematoceratidae
"Orthoceras dubium" = Trematoceras elegans
"Orthoceras dubium" = Trematoceras elegans Muenster 1831
 Orthoceratoidea -
Orthoceras triadicum von Mojsisovics 1873
 Aulacocerida - Aulacoceratidae
Aulacoceras inducens Braun 1841 belemnite
 Ceratitida - Joannitidae
Joannites klipsteini von Mojsisovics 1875 ceratite
Joannites cymbiformis Wulfen 1793 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Arcestidae
Proarcestes ausseeanus Hauer 1847 ceratite
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Glypheidae
Glyphea tantalus Wohrmann 1892 decapod
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae
 Scleractinia -
"Thamnastraea sp." = Thamnasteria
"Thamnastraea sp." = Thamnasteria LeSauvage 1823 stony coral