Costalaresc bulk sample (Triassic of Italy)

Where: Belluno, Italy (46.5° N, 12.2° E: paleocoordinates 12.3° N, 20.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

Environment/lithology: basin reef; unlithified marl

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Collection methods: bulk, peroxide,

Primary reference: V. J. Roden, M. Zuschin, A. Nützel, I. M. Hausmann, and W. Kiessling. 2020. Drivers of beta diversity in modern and ancient reef-associated soft-bottom environments. [W. Kiessling/V. Roden]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 207502: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Vanessa Roden on 14.01.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Only the 10 most abundant species in the sample are reported. Only specimens > 0.5 mm are included in the study.
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula strigilata Goldfuss 1837 nut clam
var. 2
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Tubiferidae
Domerionina scalaris snail
sensu Bandel 1994
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
 Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
 Murchisoniina - Spirostylidae
Spirostylus brevior Kittl 1894 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Ptychostoma sanctaecrucis" = Amauropsis sanctaecrucis
"Ptychostoma sanctaecrucis" = Amauropsis sanctaecrucis Laube 1868 moon snail
 Zygopleuroidea - Protorculidae
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Plagioglypta undulata Münster 1841 tusk shell