D60d Cassian bulk collection (Triassic of Italy)

Where: Italy (46.7° N, 12.2° E: paleocoordinates 12.5° N, 20.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-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)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified marl

• Presumably marly lithology

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Collection methods: bulk,

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 69643: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 01.03.2007

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Taxonomic list

• Taxonomy has not been revised since 1977
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Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
Daonella "sp. 1", Daonella "sp. 2"
Daonella "sp. 1" Mojsisovics 1874 oyster
Daonella "sp. 2" Mojsisovics 1874 oyster
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Posidonia sp.
Posidonia sp. Bronn 1828 oyster