Where: Italy (46.5° N, 12.1° E: paleocoordinates 12.3° N, 20.1° E)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
• 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: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
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 69652: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 01.03.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Echinoidea | |
"Cidaris" roemeri Wissmann 1841 pencil urchin
Balanocidaris dorsata pencil urchin | |
Gastropoda | |
Anoptychia sp. Koken 1892 snail | |
Pseudoclanculus cassianus Wissmann 1841 snail | |
"Natica" sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
"Worthenia coronata" = Rinaldoella coronata
"Worthenia coronata" = Rinaldoella coronata Münster 1841 snail | |
Worthenia triton d'Orbigny 1849 snail | |
Scaphopoda | |
"Dentalium undulatum" = Plagioglypta undulata
"Dentalium undulatum" = Plagioglypta undulata Münster 1841 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Myophoria sp. Bronn 1834 clam | |
Cassianella decussata Münster 1841 oyster | |
Palaeonucula sp. Quenstedt 1930 nut clam | |
Prosoleptus faba clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Koninckina sp. Suess 1853 | |
Diplospirella sufflata Verneuil 1855 | |
Spiriferina sp. d'Orbigny 1847 |