Sasso Piatto, Dolomites, Italy (Triassic of Italy)

Also known as Reef 3355

Where: Italy (46.5° N, 11.7° E: paleocoordinates 8.2° N, 22.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Wengen Formation, Longobardian (242.0 - 235.0 Ma)

• Data from Wengen Formation - identical occurrences in Cassian Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• Boundstones with 6% fossils, 21% carbonate cements, 49% automicrite, 10% allomicrite and 14% microspar

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: F. Russo, C. Neri, A. Mastandrea and A. Baracca. 1997. The mud mound nature of the Cassian platform margins of the Dolomites. A case history: The Cipit boulders from Punta Grohmann (Sasso Piatto Massif, Northern Italy). Facies 36:25-36 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45434: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 22.10.2004

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Gondolellidae
 Ozarkodinida - Gladigondolellidae
Gladigondolella tethydis Huckriede 1958 conodont
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae
Hydrozoa
  - Nigriporellidae
Tubiphytes sp. Maslov 1956
Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Solenolmiidae
Solenolmia manon Münster 1841 demosponge
Plexoramea cerebriformis
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Foraminifera
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 Involutinina - Involutinidae
Cladogirvanella cipitensis
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