PBDB Collection

San Cassiano Fm, Alpe di Specie (Triassic of Italy)

Where: Italy (46.6° N, 12.2° E: paleocoordinates 13.3° N, 19.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: San Cassiano Formation, Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: G. Dieci, A. Antonacci, and R. Zardini. 1968. Le spugne cassiane (Trias medio-superiore) della regione dolomitica attorno a Cortina d'Ampezzo [Sponges from the Cassian Formation (Middle-Upper Triassic) from the Dolomites near Cortina d'Ampezzo]. Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 7(2):94-155 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32923: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Catherine Powers on 18.07.2003, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

• Associated fauna: corals, stromatoporoids, Inozoa, Sphinctozoa, Chaetetida

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Stenolaemata
Cyclostomata - Stomatoporidae	Stomatopora illiesi n. sp.² Stomatopora illiesi n. sp.²
Cyclostomata -	Corynotrypoides ladina n. gen. n. sp.³, Braiesopora voigti¹ Corynotrypoides ladina n. gen. n. sp.³ Braiesopora voigti¹
Calcarea
Calcaronea - Endostomatidae	"Corynella sp." = Endostoma "Corynella sp." = Endostoma Roemer 1864 calcareous sponge
Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae	Stellispongia subsphaerica n. sp., Stellispongia manon, Peronidella loretzi, Peronidella rosetta n. sp., Peronidella subcaespitosa, "Eusiphonella sp." = Pareudea, Eudea sp., Eudea polymorpha Stellispongia subsphaerica n. sp. Dieci et al. 1968 calcareous sponge Stellispongia manon Münster 1841 calcareous sponge Peronidella loretzi Zittel 1879 calcareous sponge Peronidella rosetta n. sp. Dieci et al. 1968 calcareous sponge Peronidella subcaespitosa Münster 1841 calcareous sponge "Eusiphonella sp." = Pareudea Etallon 1859 calcareous sponge Eudea sp. Lamouroux 1821 calcareous sponge Eudea polymorpha Klipstein 1843 calcareous sponge
Demospongiae
Verticillitida - Colospongiidae	Colospongia dubia Colospongia dubia Münster 1841 demosponge
Verticillitida - Verticillitidae	"Ascosymplegma expansum" = Cinnabaria expansa "Ascosymplegma expansum" = Cinnabaria expansa Seilacher 1962 demosponge
Agelasida - Aphrosalpingidae	Vesicocaulis depressus Vesicocaulis depressus Ott 1967 demosponge
Agelasida - Sestrostomellidae	Sestrostomella robusta, Himatella milleporata Sestrostomella robusta Zittel 1878 demosponge Himatella milleporata Münster 1841 demosponge
Agelasida - Sebargasiidae	Amblysiphonella strobiliformis n. sp., Amblysiphonella loerentheyi Amblysiphonella strobiliformis n. sp. Dieci et al. 1968 demosponge Amblysiphonella loerentheyi Vinassa de Regny 1901 demosponge
Agelasida - Cryptocoeliidae	Cryptocoelia zitteli Cryptocoelia zitteli Steinmann 1882 demosponge
Agelasida - Pharetrospongiidae	Leiospongia involuta, "Leiospongia reticularis" = Leiofungia reticularis, Euepirrhysia pusilla Leiospongia involuta demosponge "Leiospongia reticularis" = Leiofungia reticularis Münster 1841 demosponge Euepirrhysia pusilla Laube 1865 demosponge
Agelasida - Preperonidellidae	Precorynella cf. clavosa, Precorynella capitata, Precorynella auriformis n. sp. Precorynella cf. clavosa demosponge Precorynella capitata Münster 1841 demosponge Precorynella auriformis n. sp. Dieci et al. 1968 demosponge
Agelasida - Solenolmiidae	"Dictyocoelia manon" = Solenolmia manon "Dictyocoelia manon" = Solenolmia manon Münster 1841 demosponge
Agelasida - Guadalupiidae	"Cystothalamia polysiphonata n. sp." = Diecithalamia polysiphonata "Cystothalamia polysiphonata n. sp." = Diecithalamia polysiphonata Dieci et al. 1968 demosponge
Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae	Enoplocoelia armata, Thaumastocoelia cassiana Enoplocoelia armata Klipstein 1843 demosponge Thaumastocoelia cassiana Steinmann 1882 demosponge
Hadromerida - Celyphiidae	"Cystothalamia bavarica" = Alpinothalamia bavarica, Celyphia sp., Celyphia submarginata "Cystothalamia bavarica" = Alpinothalamia bavarica Ott 1967 demosponge Celyphia sp. Pomel 1872 demosponge Celyphia submarginata Münster 1841 demosponge

¹Bizzarini and Braga 1985; ²Bizzarini and Braga 1993; ³Bizzarini and Braga 1994