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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Coelocoenia decipiens" = Koilocoenia decipiens
"Coelocoenia decipiens" = Koilocoenia decipiens Laube 1865 stony coral | |
Cyathocoenia milchi n. sp.
Cyathocoenia milchi n. sp. stony coral | |
""Isastrea" plana" = Alpinophyllia plana2
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"Thecosmilia sublaevis" = Remismilia sublaevis, "Hexastraea leonhardi" = Protoheterastrea leonhardi
"Thecosmilia sublaevis" = Remismilia sublaevis Münster 1841 stony coral
"Hexastraea leonhardi" = Protoheterastrea leonhardi Volz 1896 stony coral | |
Craspedophyllia cristata n. sp. Volz 1896 stony coral | |
Margarophyllia capitata, Margarosmilia confluens, Margarosmilia richthofeni n. sp., Margarosmilia zieteni
Margarophyllia capitata Münster 1841 stony coral
Margarosmilia confluens Münster 1841 stony coral
Margarosmilia richthofeni n. sp. Volz 1896 stony coral
Margarosmilia zieteni Klipstein 1843 stony coral | |
Montlivaltia septafindens n. sp.
Montlivaltia septafindens n. sp. Volz 1896 stony coral | |
"Thamnastraea settsassi n. sp." = Thamnasteriamorpha settsassi, "Thamnastraea loretzi n. sp." = Thamnasteriamorpha loretzi, "Isastraea guembeli" = Guembelastraea guembeli
"Thamnastraea settsassi n. sp." = Thamnasteriamorpha settsassi Volz 1896 stony coral
"Thamnastraea loretzi n. sp." = Thamnasteriamorpha loretzi Volz 1896 stony coral
"Isastraea guembeli" = Guembelastraea guembeli Laube 1865 stony coral | |
Pinacophyllum gracile stony coral | |
Omphalophyllia recondita stony coral
Omphalophyllia boletiformis Münster 1841 stony coral | |
"Retiophyllia subdichotoma" = Volzeia subdichotoma Münster 1841 stony coral Thecosmilia subdichotoma
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Hydrozoa | |
Cassianastraea reussi Laube 1865 |