San Cassiano Fm, Cianzope, Dolomites: Carnian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Stenolaemata - Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Cystitrypa cassiana n. gen., n. sp.
Demospongiae - Hadromerida - Polysiphonidae
Zardinia perisulcata n. gen., n. sp. Dieci et al. 1968
Dieci et al. 1968
Demospongiae - Hadromerida - Celyphiidae
Cystothalamia bavarica Ott 1967
Dieci et al. 1968
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Sebargasiidae
Amblysiphonella loerentheyi Vinassa de Regny 1901
Dieci et al. 1968
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Sestrostomellidae
Himatella milleporata (Münster 1841)
Dieci et al. 1968
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Preperonidellidae
Precorynella pyriformis (Klipstein 1843)
Dieci et al. 1968
Precorynella astroites (Münster 1841)
Dieci et al. 1968
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Pharetrospongiidae
Euepirrhysia montanaroae Dieci et al. 1968
Dieci et al. 1968
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy
Coordinates: 46.5° North, 12.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:13.2° North, 19.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Late Triassic
Stage: Carnian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 3
*Period:Late/Upper Triassic
Key time interval: Carnian
Age range of interval: 237 - 227 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:San Cassiano
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Taxonomic list comments:Also present: calcareous sponges, scleractinian corals, gastropods, and pelecypods.
Metadata
Also known as:USNM-317020(A)(B)(C)
Database number:32835
Authorizer:D. Bottjer, W. Kiessling Enterer:C. Powers, U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-07-16 09:56:45 Last modified:2011-09-23 05:15:57
Access level:authorizer only Released:2005-07-16 09:56:45
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

8791. P. Schaefer and E. Fois. 1987. Systematics and evolution of Triassic Bryozoa. Geologica et Palaeontologica 21:173-225 [D. Bottjer/C. Powers/C. Powers]

Secondary references:

37818 G. Dieci, A. Antonacci, and R. Zardini. 1968. Le spugne cassiane (Trias medio-superiore) della regione dolomitica attorno a Cortina d'Ampezzo [Sponges from the Cassian Formation (Middle-Upper Triassic) from the Dolomites near Cortina d'Ampezzo]. Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 7(2):94-155 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]