Where: Italy (46.5° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 12.4° N, 20.1° 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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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 69691: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 01.03.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
"Cidaris" waechteri Wissmann 1841 sea urchin | |
"Cidaris" brauni pencil urchin | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium simile, "Dentalium undulatum" = Plagioglypta undulata
Dentalium simile Münster 1841 tusk shell
"Dentalium undulatum" = Plagioglypta undulata Münster 1841 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Cheilotomona sp. Strand 1928 snail | |
Teretrina bolina snail | |
Polygyrina lommeli Muenster 1841 snail | |
Rhaphistomella radians Wissmann 1841 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Prosoleptus lineatus clam
Palaeoneilo elliptica Goldfuss 1837 clam | |
"Palaeonucula strigillata" = Palaeonucula strigilata
"Palaeonucula strigillata" = Palaeonucula strigilata Goldfuss 1837 nut clam |