Forcella di Sett Sass, Italy (Triassic of Italy)

Where: Italy (46.5° N, 12.1° E: paleocoordinates 13.2° N, 19.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; brown marl

• Light-brown marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Primary reference: W. Volz. 1896. Die Korallen der Schichten von St Cassian in Süd-Tirol. Palaeontographica 43:1-124 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 38161: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Benjamin Brenneis on 16.04.2004, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

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Taxonomic list

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Hydrozoa
 Lemniscaterina - Cassianastraeidae
Cassianastraea reussi
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae
Margarosmilia zieteni, Margarosmilia richthofeni n. sp., Margarosmilia confluens, Margarophyllia capitata
Margarosmilia zieteni Klipstein 1843 stony coral
Margarosmilia richthofeni n. sp. Volz 1896 stony coral
Margarosmilia confluens Münster 1841 stony coral
Margarophyllia capitata Münster 1841 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
Craspedophyllia cristata n. sp., Retiophyllia granulata
Craspedophyllia cristata n. sp. Volz 1896 stony coral
Retiophyllia granulata stony coral
Thecosmilia granulata
 Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae
Pinacophyllum gracile
 Scleractinia - Conophyllidae
Omphalophyllia recondita, Omphalophyllia boletiformis, Myriophyllum badioticum
Omphalophyllia boletiformis Münster 1841 stony coral
Myriophyllum badioticum Volz 1896 stony coral
Myriophyllia badiotica
 Scleractinia - Alpinophylliidae
""Isastrea" plana" = Alpinophyllia plana2
""Isastrea" plana" = Alpinophyllia plana2 Laube 1865 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Protoheterastraeidae
"Hexastraea leonhardi" = Protoheterastrea leonhardi, "Thecosmilia sublaevis" = Remismilia sublaevis
"Hexastraea leonhardi" = Protoheterastrea leonhardi Volz 1896 stony coral
"Thecosmilia sublaevis" = Remismilia sublaevis Münster 1841 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Volzeiidae
Volzeia badiotica1, "Retiophyllia subdichotoma" = Volzeia subdichotoma
Volzeia badiotica1 Volz 1896 stony coral
"Retiophyllia subdichotoma" = Volzeia subdichotoma Münster 1841 stony coral
Thecosmilia subdichotoma
 Scleractinia -
"Coelocoenia decipiens" = Koilocoenia decipiens
"Coelocoenia decipiens" = Koilocoenia decipiens Laube 1865 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pinacophyllidae
Cyathocoenia milchi n. sp.
Cyathocoenia milchi n. sp. stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia septafindens n. sp.
Montlivaltia septafindens n. sp. Volz 1896 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Tropiastraeidae
"Isastraea guembeli" = Guembelastraea guembeli, "Thamnastraea settsassi n. sp." = Thamnasteriamorpha settsassi, "Thamnastraea loretzi n. sp." = Thamnasteriamorpha loretzi
"Isastraea guembeli" = Guembelastraea guembeli Laube 1865 stony coral
"Thamnastraea settsassi n. sp." = Thamnasteriamorpha settsassi Volz 1896 stony coral
"Thamnastraea loretzi n. sp." = Thamnasteriamorpha loretzi Volz 1896 stony coral
1Beauvais 1986; 2Kiessling 2014