Where: Trentino, Italy (46.5° N, 11.6° E: paleocoordinates 8.2° N, 22.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Frankites regoledanus ammonoid zone, Marmolada Conglomerates Member (Cassian Formation), Longobardian (242.0 - 235.0 Ma)
• Also called Tufi a Pachicardie. The ammonoids from the Pachycardientuffe indicate a Late Ladinian age (URlichs 1977: 17, 1994: 33). Recently, the updated base of the Regoledanus Zone has been fixed at the Tschapidbach/Rio Cipit (Seiser Alm) and the eastern tributary of the Frommerbach/ Rio Frommer at the base of the Marmolada Conglomerate 1 by Mietto et al. (2012, fig. 9). Consequently, the occurrences of Myophoria kefersteini at the Seiser Alm dated in the early to late Regoledanus Zone. Material from the Pachycardientuffe, now named Marmolada Conglomerates, is recorded from four localities at the Seiser Alm.
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•Further notes (from Ulrich 2014, entered by PJW): Pachycardienstuffe & F. regoledanus zones are the top of hte Longobardian, not the base of the Julian. Overlies Upper Schlern Dolomite and Rossetta dolomite (both in the Protrachyceras neumayri zone of the Longobardian). Base parallels Schlernplateau beds and traditional Cassian Dolomite; lowet beds of Cassian formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Primary reference: F. T. Fürsich and J. Wendt. 1977. Biostratinomy and palaeoecology of the Cassian Formation (Triassic) of the Southern Alps. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 22:257-323 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 44953: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.09.2004, edited by Pete Wagner and Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
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Crinoidea | |
"Pentacrinus propinquus" = Isocrinus propinquus3
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"Encrinus cassianus" = Chelocrinus cassianus, "Encrinus granulosus" = Zardinicrinus granulosus, "Encrinus (Entrochus) varians" = Cassianocrinus tetarakontadactylus3
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Echinoidea | |
Cidaris decorata3, Cidaris semicostata3, Cidaris fustis3, Cidaris buchii3, Cidaris braunii3, Cidaris dorsata3, Cidaris hausmanni3, Cidaris wissmanni3
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"Cidaris subcoronata" = Rhabdocidaris subcoronata3
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Gastropoda | |
"Angularia (Aristerostrophia) gracilis n. sp." = Aristerostrophia gracilis2
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Worthenia arthaberi snail | |
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Pseudomelania (Oonia) subsimilis Kittl 1894 snail | |
"Coelostylina solida" = Coelostylina conica Münster 1841 snail | |
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Neritaria plicatilis Klipstein 1843 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
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Phaenodesmia laubeana3, Palaeoneilo praeacuta3, Palaeoneilo elliptica3, "Palaeoneilo lineata" = Prosoleptus lineata3
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Trigonodus rablensis, Trigonodus bittneri n. sp.5, Trigonodus problematicus5, Trigonodus intermedius n. sp.5, Trigonodus dieneri n. sp.5, Trigonodus carniolicus n. sp.5, Trigonodus brevidens n. sp.5, Trigonodus costatus3
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Myophoria kokeni3, Myophoria ornata3, Myophoria acuticostata n. sp.3, Myophoria kefersteini, "Myophoria decussata" = Gruenewaldia decussata3, Heminajas woehrmanni n. sp.5, Heminajas geyeri n. sp.5, "Myophoria fissidentata" = Heminajas fissidentata3
Myophoria kefersteini Münster 1828 clam | |
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"Gonodon rostratus" = Pachyrisma rostratum3
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"Myoconcha lombardica" = Pseudomyoconcha lombardica5, "Myoconcha cf. curionii" = Curionia curionii3, Joannina joannae n. gen. n. sp.5, Myoconcha wohrmanni n. sp.5, Myoconcha maximiliani3, Myoconcha curvata n. sp.3, Myoconcha broilii n. sp.5, Myoconcha auriculata n. sp.3, Myoconcha parvula3, Myoconcha acquatensis5, Myoconcha retroflexa n. sp.3, Myoconcha recta n. sp.3
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"Cardita crenata" = Septocardia crenata3
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"Rhaetidia zitteli" = Rhaetidia zittelii3
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"Modiola (Septiola) pygmaea" = Modiolus pygmaeus3, Modiola (Septiola) subcarinata3, Mytilus (Septifer) praeacutus3
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Septiola dreyssensiformis n. sp.5
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Parallelodon sp., Macrodon klipsteini n. sp.3, Macrodon scaber n. sp.5, Macrodon (Cucullaea) imbricarius3, "Cucullaea impressa" = Catella impressa3
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 clam | |
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Arca tirolensis n. sp.3, Arcoptera schlosseri n. sp.5, Arcoptera vixareata n. sp.3, Arcoptera ampla n. sp.3, Arcoptera areata n. sp.3, Arcoptera lateareata n. sp.3
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"Pinna tommasi" = Pinna (Pinna) tommasii3
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Pteria tofanae pearl oyster | |
"Edentula lateplanata n. sp." = Waagenoperna lateplanata5, "Gervillia planata n. sp." = Edentula planata3
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Cassianella gryphaeata3, Cassianella dieneri n. sp.5, Cassianella beyrichi3, "Cassianella decussata" = Cassianella decussata3, "Cassianella planidorsata" = Cassianella decussata3
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Gervillia paronai n. sp.3, Gervillia rothpletzi n. sp.3, "Hoernesia bipartita" = Gervillia bipartita3, Gervillia (Cultriopsis) angulata, Gervillia latealata n. sp.3, "Gervillia aff. musculosa" = Bakevellia (Bakevelloides) meriani musculosa3
Gervillia (Cultriopsis) angulata Münster 1841 oyster | |
Ostrea calceoformis n. sp.3
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"Avicula cardiiformis" = Avicularca cardiiformis5
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Prospondylus (Hinnites) sp.3, Prospondylus palliatus n. sp.3, Prospondylus crassus n. sp.3, Prospondylus zimmermanni n. sp.3
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Badiotella subpunctata n. sp.3, Badiotella concentrica n. sp.3, Badiotella gracilis n. sp.3, Lima zitteli n. sp.3, "Mysidioptera incurvostriata" = Lima incurvostriata3, "Lima (Plagiostoma) subpunctata" = Lima subpunctata5, Mysidioptera sp., Mysidioptera striata n. sp.3, Mysidioptera globosa n. sp.3, Mysidioptera rotunda n. sp.3, Mysidioptera aviculaeformis n. sp.3, Mysidioptera elongata n. sp.3, Mysidioptera planata n. sp.3, Mysidioptera intertexta3, Mysidioptera emiliae3, Mysidioptera marginata n. sp.3, Mysidioptera obscura5, Mysidioptera bittneri n. sp.3, Mysidioptera (Pseudacesta) dieneri n. sp.5, Mysidioptera gracilis n. sp.3, Mysidioptera multistriata n. sp.3, Mysidioptera interrupta n. sp.3, Mysidioptera latifissa n. sp.3, Mysidioptera readi n. sp.3, Mysidioptera compressa n. sp.3, "Mysidioptera acuta n. sp." = Mysidioptera spinigera3, Mysidioptera obliqua n. sp.3, Mysidioptera ambigua3, Mysidioptera crassicostata n. sp.3, Mysidioptera angusticostata n. sp.3, Mysidioptera cassiana, Mysidioptera carinata n. sp.5, "Lima angulata" = Plagiostoma angulatum3
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"Pecten zitteli" = Camptonectes (Camptochlamys) zitteli3, Pecten (Velopecten) arthaberi n. sp.5, "Pecten" sp., Pecten undiferus3, "Pecten tubulifer" = Pecten tubulifer3, "Pecten (Chlamys) decoratus" = Pecten tubulifer5, Pecten subalternans3, "Pecten cf. auristriatus" = Pecten nerei3, Pecten aff. nodulifer3, Pecten subdemissus3
"Pecten" sp. Müller 1776 scallop | |
Avicula kokeni3, Avicula loomisi n. sp.3, Avicula salomoni n. sp.3, Avicula tofanae3, Avicula prosslinensis n. sp.3, Avicula caudata3, Avicula seisiana n. sp.3, Avicula cf. pannonica5, Avicula arcuata3
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Rhynchonellata | |
"Cyrtina zitteli" = Bittnerula zitteli3
"Cyrtina zitteli" = Bittnerula zitteli3 Bittner 1890 | |
Spiriferina klipsteini3 Bittner 1890 | |
"Spirigera indistincta" = Dioristella indistincta3, "Spirigera (Didymospira) quadriplecta" = Anisactinella quadriplecta3, "Spirigera sufflata" = Diplospirella sufflata3, "Spirigera wissmanni" = Diplospirella wissmanni3, "Spirigera multicostata" = Pentactinella quinquecostata3
"Spirigera indistincta" = Dioristella indistincta3 Beyrich 1862
"Spirigera (Didymospira) quadriplecta" = Anisactinella quadriplecta3 Münster 1841
"Spirigera sufflata" = Diplospirella sufflata3 Verneuil 1855
"Spirigera wissmanni" = Diplospirella wissmanni3 Münster 1841
"Spirigera multicostata" = Pentactinella quinquecostata3 Münster 1841 | |
"? Rhynchonella sellaris" = Spirigera sellaris3
"? Rhynchonella sellaris" = Spirigera sellaris3 Klipstein 1843 | |
Terebratula neglecta3 Bittner 1904
Waldheimia porrecta3 Bittner 1904 | |
"Waldheimia subangusta" = Camerothyris subangusta3
"Waldheimia subangusta" = Camerothyris subangusta3 Münster 1841 | |
Rhynchonella repentina1, Rhynchonella cynodon3, Rhynchonella subacuta3, Rhynchonella laurinea3, Rhynchonella semiplecta3
Rhynchonella cynodon3 Laube 1865
Rhynchonella subacuta3 Münster 1841
Rhynchonella laurinea3 Bittner 1892
Rhynchonella semiplecta3 Münster 1841 | |
"Rhynchonella semicostata" = Veghirhynchia semicostata3, "Rhynchonella cornaliana" = Veghirhynchia cornaliana3
"Rhynchonella semicostata" = Veghirhynchia semicostata3 Münster 1841
"Rhynchonella cornaliana" = Veghirhynchia cornaliana3 Bittner 1890 |