Saline 2, Cassian bulk collection (Triassic of Italy)

Where: Italy (46.6° N, 12.2° E: paleocoordinates 12.3° N, 20.3° 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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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 69676: 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
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
"Pseudamaura paludinaris" = Ampullina (Pseudamaura) snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Settsassiidae
Katosira seelandica Kittl 1894 snail
 Heterostropha - Gordenellidae
Promathildia subornata Münster 1841 snail
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
 Murchisoniina - Spirostylidae
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana aff. sulcellata pointed nut clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Schafhaeutlia sp. Cossmann 1897 clam
 Ostreida - Cassianellidae
Cassianella beyrichii Bittner 1895 oyster