Misurina (Triassic of Italy)

Where: Italy (46.6° N, 12.2° E: paleocoordinates 12.3° N, 20.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cordevol Member (Cassian Formation), Julian (235.0 - 232.0 Ma)

• Early Carnian according to Bandel (1996)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

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 38164: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Benjamin Brenneis on 16.04.2004, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling, Uta Merkel and Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Tofanellidae
Neodonaldina elongata1
Neodonaldina elongata1 Zardini 1978 snail
 Heterostropha - Stuoraxidae
Stuoraxis lehmanni1
 Heterostropha - Cassianebalidae
Cassianebala speciensis n. sp.1
Cassianebala speciensis n. sp.1 Bandel 1996 snail
 Heterostropha - Murchisonellidae
Ebala cassiana n. sp.1
Ebala cassiana n. sp.1 Bandel 1996 snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Rinaldoconchus bieleri n. sp.1, Rinaldoconchus ampezzanus1
Rinaldoconchus ampezzanus1 Zardini 1980 snail
 Heterostropha - Cornirostridae
Bandellina cassiana1, Alexogyra marshalli n. gen. n. sp.1
Bandellina cassiana1 Bandel 1996 snail
Alexogyra marshalli n. gen. n. sp.1 Bandel 1996 snail
 Murchisoniina - Wortheniellidae
"Wortheniella rinaldoi" = Rinaldoella rinaldoi6, "Wortheniella ruedigeri n. sp." = Bandelium ruedigeri6, Bandelium campense6, Wortheniella rarissima6, Wortheniella venusta6, Wortheniella joannisaustriae6, Wortheniella coronata6, Wortheniella tenera n. sp.6, Wortheniella subpunctata6, Wortheniella coralliophila6, Wortheniella spuria6
"Wortheniella rinaldoi" = Rinaldoella rinaldoi6 Schwartz 1992 snail
"Wortheniella ruedigeri n. sp." = Bandelium ruedigeri6 Schwardt 1992 snail
Bandelium campense6 Zardini 1980 snail
Wortheniella tenera n. sp.6 snail
Wortheniella subpunctata6 Klipstein 1843 snail
Wortheniella coralliophila6 Kittl 1891 snail
Wortheniella spuria6 Münster 1841 snail
 Vetigastropoda - Discohelicidae
Amphitomaria cassiana1
 Heterostrophia -
Ampezzogyra schroederi1
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Leda aff. sulcellata2
Leda aff. sulcellata2 Wissmann 1841 pointed nut clam
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula plexicosta n. sp.2, "Plicatula imago" = Plicatula (Eoplicatula) imago2
Plicatula plexicosta n. sp.2 Bittner 1895 scallop
"Plicatula imago" = Plicatula (Eoplicatula) imago2 Bittner 1895 scallop
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
Daonella lommeli5
Daonella lommeli5 Wissmann 1841 oyster
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae
Margarosmilia hintzei n. sp., Margarophyllia capitata
Margarosmilia hintzei n. sp. stony coral
Margarophyllia capitata Münster 1841 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
Craspedophyllia alpina, Toechastraea oppeli
Craspedophyllia alpina Loretz 1875 stony coral
Toechastraea oppeli stony coral
 Scleractinia - Conophyllidae
Omphalophyllia granulosa
 Scleractinia - Volzeiidae
"Retiophyllia subdichotoma" = Volzeia subdichotoma
"Retiophyllia subdichotoma" = Volzeia subdichotoma Münster 1841 stony coral
Thecosmilia subdichotoma
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia radiciformis
Montlivaltia radiciformis Münster 1841 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
"Myriophyllia" gracilis4, "Myriophyllia" mojsvari4
 Scleractinia - Tropiastraeidae
"Thamnastraea frechi n. sp." = Thamnasteriamorpha frechi
"Thamnastraea frechi n. sp." = Thamnasteriamorpha frechi Volz 1896 stony coral
Calcarea
 Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Stellispongia variabilis3
Stellispongia variabilis3 Münster 1841 calcareous sponge
Demospongiae
 Hadromerida - Celyphiidae
Celyphia sp.3, Celyphia submarginata3
Celyphia sp.3 Pomel 1872 demosponge
Celyphia submarginata3 Münster 1841 demosponge
1Bandel 1996; 2Bittner 1895; 3Dieci et al. 1968; 4Kiessling 2008; 5Kittl 1912; 6Schwardt 1992