Picolbach bulk sample (Triassic of Italy)

Where: Belluno, Italy (46.5° N, 11.9° E: paleocoordinates 12.4° N, 20.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: aon 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 207503: 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.
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Tubiferidae
Domerionina scalaris snail
sensu Bandel 1994
Domerionina pralongiana Bandel 1994 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Ptychostoma sanctaecrucis" = Amauropsis sanctaecrucis
"Ptychostoma sanctaecrucis" = Amauropsis sanctaecrucis Laube 1868 moon snail
 Cerithioidea - Prostyliferidae
Ptychostoma pleurotomoides Wissmann 1841 snail
  -
Stuorilda cassiana Bandel 1995 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Plagioglypta undulata Münster 1841 tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula strigilata Goldfuss 1837 nut clam
var. 1: 23 specs., var. 2: 7 specs.