Selva 3, 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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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 69677: 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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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Teretrina bolina
Teretrina bolina Münster 1841 snail
 Heterostropha - Gordenellidae
Promathildia subornata
Promathildia subornata Münster 1841 snail
 Heterostropha - Anoptychiidae
Anoptychia multitorquata
Anoptychia multitorquata Münster 1841 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Anticonulus sp.
Anticonulus sp. Cossmann 1918 top snail
 Ptychomphaloidea - Ptychomphalidae
Ptychomphalus protei
Ptychomphalus protei Münster 1841 snail
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
"Oonia miles" = Pseudomelania (Oonia)
"Oonia miles" = Pseudomelania (Oonia) snail
 Zygopleuroidea - Protorculidae
"Anoptychia canalifera" = Atorcula canalifera
"Anoptychia canalifera" = Atorcula canalifera Münster 1841 snail
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
"Ampullina" sanctaecrucis, "Pseudamaura paludinaris" = Ampullina (Pseudamaura)
"Pseudamaura paludinaris" = Ampullina (Pseudamaura) snail
 Caenogastropoda - Coelostylinidae
Trypanostylus sp., Coelochrysalis pupaeformis
Trypanostylus sp. Cossmann 1895 snail
Coelochrysalis pupaeformis Münster 1841 snail
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonema sp.
Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841 snail
 Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
Zygopleura obliquecostata, Goniospira armata
Goniospira armata Münster 1841 snail
 Murchisoniina - Wortheniellidae
"Worthenia canalifera" = Wortheniella canalifera
"Worthenia canalifera" = Wortheniella canalifera Münster 1841 snail
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Ostreida - Cassianellidae
Cassianella sp., Cassianella beyrichii
Cassianella sp. Beyrich 1862 oyster
Cassianella beyrichii Bittner 1895 oyster
 Cardiida - Palaeocarditidae
Palaeocardita beneckei, Palaeocardita pichleri
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Palaeocardita crenata" = Septocardia crenata
"Palaeocardita crenata" = Septocardia crenata Goldfuss 1837 cockle
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sulcellata
Nuculana sulcellata pointed nut clam
Calcarea
 Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Stellispongia sp.
Stellispongia sp. d'Orbigny 1849 calcareous sponge