Where: Italy (46.5° N, 12.3° 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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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
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 69678: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 01.03.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae | |
Precorynella cf. auriformis Dieci et al. 1968 demosponge | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Nuculana sulcellata pointed nut clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
"Naticopsis uhligi" = Pachyomphalus uhligi
"Naticopsis uhligi" = Pachyomphalus uhligi Kittl 1892 snail | |
"Oonia miles" = Pseudomelania (Oonia)
"Oonia miles" = Pseudomelania (Oonia) snail | |
"Ampullina" sanctaecrucis, "Pseudamaura paludinaris" = Ampullina (Pseudamaura)
"Pseudamaura paludinaris" = Ampullina (Pseudamaura) snail |