D44, Cassian bulk collection (Triassic of Italy)

Where: Italy (46.5° N, 11.6° E: paleocoordinates 12.5° N, 19.9° 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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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

• Patch reefs on extensive carbonate platform
• Small patch reefs, laterally grading in to oolitic limestones. Material supposedly stems from reefs, although it was mostly collected from marly interbeds.

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 69655: 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
Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Solenolmiidae
"Dictyocoelia manon" = Solenolmia manon
"Dictyocoelia manon" = Solenolmia manon Münster 1841 demosponge
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Heterostropha - Anoptychiidae
Anoptychia carinata Münster 1841 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Chilocyclus carinatus Braun 1841 moon snail
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Eucycloscala binodosa Münster 1841 snail
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
Spiriferina sp. d'Orbigny 1847
 Athyridida - Diplospirellidae
Cladogirvanella cipitensis
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