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: Cassian Formation, Julian (235.0 - 232.0 Ma)

• Age range indicated as Langobardian ton ?Julian, now confirmed to be early Carnian (Cordevolian)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; poorly lithified marl and lithified packstone

• Marls with abundant transported fossils and debris of patch reefs

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: R. Zardini. 1978. Fossili Cassiani (Trias Medio-Superiore). Atlante dei Gasteropodi della formazione di S. Cassiano raccolti nella regione Dolomitica attorno a Cortina d´Ampezzo. Cortina d´Ampezzo (Edizione Ghedina) 1-58 [A. Nuetzel/A. Nuetzel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 66198: authorized by Alexander Nuetzel, entered by Alexander Nuetzel on 04.10.2006, edited by Bethany Allen, Uta Merkel and Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Vetigastropoda - Discohelicidae
 Pleurotomarioidea - Stuorellidae
Stuorella subconcava2 Münster 1841 snail
 Pleurotomarioidea - Lancedelliidae
Lancedellia costata n. gen.2 Zardini 1978 snail
 Zygopleuroidea - Protorculidae
"Anoptychia canalifera" = Atorcula canalifera
"Anoptychia canalifera" = Atorcula canalifera Münster 1841 snail
 Cerithioidea - Prostyliferidae
"Amauropsis paludinaris" = Prostylifer paludinaris
"Amauropsis paludinaris" = Prostylifer paludinaris Münster 1841 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
 Heterostropha - Anoptychiidae
Anoptychia multitorquata Münster 1841 snail
Anoptychia janus Kittl 1894 snail
 Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
"Coelochrysalis misurinensis n. sp." = Zardinistylus misurinensis1
"Coelochrysalis misurinensis n. sp." = Zardinistylus misurinensis1 Zardini 1978 snail
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Diplospirellidae
Diplospirella wissmanni3 Münster 1841
Diplospirella sufflata3 Verneuil 1855
Diplospirella aureolata3 Cornalia 1848