Where: Italy (46.7° N, 12.2° E: paleocoordinates 12.5° N, 20.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• 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 69684: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 01.03.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
"Dentalium undulatum" = Plagioglypta undulata
"Dentalium undulatum" = Plagioglypta undulata Münster 1841 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Anoptychia sp. Koken 1892 snail
Anoptychia multitorquata Münster 1841 snail | |
Rhaphistomella radians Wissmann 1841 snail | |
Pseudoclanculus cassianus Wissmann 1841 snail | |
Flemmingia bistriata Münster 1841 snail | |
Anticonulus sp. Cossmann 1918 top snail | |
"Ampullina" subhybridica snail | |
"Anoptychia canalifera" = Atorcula canalifera
"Anoptychia canalifera" = Atorcula canalifera Münster 1841 snail | |
Coelostylina karreri Kittl 1894 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Palaeoneilo elliptica Goldfuss 1837 clam | |
"Palaeonucula strigillata" = Palaeonucula strigilata
"Palaeonucula strigillata" = Palaeonucula strigilata Goldfuss 1837 nut clam | |
"Lima" sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam | |
Entolium aff. saccoi scallop | |
Cassianella beyrichii Bittner 1895 oyster
Cassianella gryphaeata Münster 1841 oyster
Cassianella ampezzana Bittner 1895 oyster | |
Cultriopsis angusta Munster 1838 oyster | |
"Palaeocardita crenata" = Septocardia crenata
"Palaeocardita crenata" = Septocardia crenata Goldfuss 1837 cockle | |
"Megalodon rimosus" = Pachyrisma rimosum
"Megalodon rimosus" = Pachyrisma rimosum Münster 1841 clam | |
Schafhaeutlia astartiformis Münster 1841 clam |