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 69687: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 01.03.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Palaeocardita crenata" = Septocardia crenata
"Palaeocardita crenata" = Septocardia crenata Goldfuss 1837 cockle | |
Cassianella beyrichii Bittner 1895 oyster
Cassianella ampezzana Bittner 1895 oyster
Cassianella decussata Münster 1841 oyster | |
Entolioides subdemissus scallop | |
"Palaeonucula strigillata" = Palaeonucula strigilata
"Palaeonucula strigillata" = Palaeonucula strigilata Goldfuss 1837 nut clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Rhaphistomella radians Wissmann 1841 snail | |
"Oonia miles" = Pseudomelania (Oonia)
"Oonia miles" = Pseudomelania (Oonia) snail | |
"Anoptychia canalifera" = Atorcula canalifera
"Anoptychia canalifera" = Atorcula canalifera Münster 1841 snail | |
Coelostylina conica Münster 1841 snail | |
Siliquaria triadica Kittl 1892 snail | |
Ptychomphalus sp. Agassiz 1839 snail | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium simile, "Dentalium undulatum" = Plagioglypta undulata
Dentalium simile Münster 1841 tusk shell
"Dentalium undulatum" = Plagioglypta undulata Münster 1841 tusk shell |