Seelandalpe, reef dwellers: Julian, Italy

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Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Balanocidaris dorsata
McKee 1938 0.08 %-specimens
"Cidaris" seelandia
McKee 1938 0.08 %-specimens
"Cidaris" liagora Münster 1841
McKee 1938 0.08 %-specimens
"Cidaris" admeto Braun 1841
McKee 1938 0.17 %-specimens
"Cidaris" alata Agassiz 1839
McKee 1938 0.08 %-specimens
Echinoidea
"Cidaris" hausmanni Wissmann 1841
McKee 1938 0.08 %-specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Echinoidea
"Cidaris" costata Zardini 1973
McKee 1938 0.08 %-specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Echinoidea
"Cidaris" biconica Zardini 1973
McKee 1938 0.08 %-specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Echinoidea
"Cidaris" scrobiculata Braun 1841
McKee 1938 0.08 %-specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Echinoidea
"Cidaris" fustis Laube 1865
McKee 1938 0.17 %-specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Echinoidea
"Cidaris" waechteri Wissmann 1841
McKee 1938 0.08 %-specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Echinoidea
Crinoidea - Encrinida - Encrinidae
Encrinus granulosus (Münster 1834)
McKee 1938 0.16 %-specimens
recombined as Zardinicrinus granulosus
Encrinus cassianus Laube 1865
McKee 1938 0.08 %-specimens
recombined as Chelocrinus cassianus
Encrinus cancellistriatus
McKee 1938 0.08 %-specimens
Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Isocrinus candelabrum
McKee 1938 0.08 %-specimens
Isocrinus sassostriensis
McKee 1938 0.08 %-specimens
Isocrinus informal sp. A von Meyer 1836
McKee 1938 0.08 %-specimens
Rhynchonellata
Rhynchonellata indet. Williams et al. 1996
McKee 1938 7.02 %-specimens
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Diplospirellidae
Diplospirella sp. Bittner 1890
McKee 1938 2.36 %-specimens
Diplospirella wissmanni (Münster 1841)
8.54 %-specimens
Diplospirella sufflata (Verneuil 1855)
5.16 %-specimens
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Koninckinidae
Amphiclina speciosa
McKee 1938 1.43 %-specimens
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Retziidae
"Retzia" humboldtii
McKee 1938 0.17 %-specimens
"Retzia" klipsteini
McKee 1938 0.08 %-specimens
"Retzia" procerrima (Klipstein 1843)
McKee 1938 0.08 %-specimens
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae
"Retzia" lyrata (Münster 1841)
McKee 1938 0.67 %-specimens
recombined as Cassianospira lyrata
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Bittnerulidae
? Bittnerula informal sp. A Hall and Clarke 1894
McKee 1938 0.33 %-specimens
Bittnerula zitteli (Bittner 1890)
McKee 1938 2.11 %-specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
Spiriferina cf. fortis Bittner 1890
McKee 1938 0.08 %-specimens
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Homoeorhynchia subacuta
13.19 %-specimens
Homoeorhynchia sp. Buckman 1917
McKee 1938 0.42 %-specimens
Homoeorhynchia linguligera
McKee 1938 0.17 %-specimens
Homoeorhynchia semiplecta
McKee 1938 0.17 %-specimens
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Aulacothyris sp. Douville 1880
McKee 1938 0.25 %-specimens
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Waldheimia (Cruratula) damesi Bittner 1890
Bittner 1912
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
"Terebratula" tenella
McKee 1938 0.08 %-specimens
"Waldheimia" porrecta Bittner 1904
McKee 1938 0.33 %-specimens
Rhynchonellata - Thecideida - Thecospiridae
Thecospira sp. Zugmayer 1882
McKee 1938 4.23 %-specimens
Thecospira tirolensis Loretz 1875
10.74 %-specimens
Rhynchonellata - Thecideida - Hungarithecidae
Thecospira andreaei n. sp. Bittner 1912
Bittner 1912
recombined as Hungaritheca andreaei
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758
0.5 %-specimens
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
5.24 %-specimens
Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Neritopsidae
Neritopsis armata (Münster 1841)
0.17 %-specimens
recombined as Cassianopsis armata
Neritopsis decussata (Münster 1841)
0.08 %-specimens
recombined as Cassianopsis decussata
Neritopsis sp. Grateloup 1832
0.17 %-specimens
Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Tricolnaticopsidae
Naticopsis uhligi Kittl 1892
0.08 %-specimens
recombined as Pachyomphalus uhligi
Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Palaeonaricidae
Palaeonarica cf. pyrulaeformis (Klipstein 1843)
0.08 %-specimens
Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Delphinulopsidae
Delphinulopsis pustulosa (Munster 1841)
0.08 %-specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Gordenellidae
Promathilda subnodosa
0.17 %-specimens
original and current combination Promathildia
Promathildia (P.) subnodosa
Promathilda colon
0.08 %-specimens
original and current combination Promathildia
Promathildia (P.) colon
Promathilda bolina
0.08 %-specimens
original and current combination Promathildia
Promathildia (T.) bolina
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Trachoecidae
Trachoecus gemmellaroi Kittl 1894
0.08 %-specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Anoptychiidae
Anoptychia multitorquata (Münster 1841)
0.17 %-specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
Hypsipleura subnodosa (Klipstein 1843)
0.08 %-specimens
Zygopleura tenuis (Münster 1841)
0.17 %-specimens
recombined as Ampezzopleura tenuis
Allostrophia perversa (Münster 1841)
0.08 %-specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Wortheniellidae
Worthenia coronata (Münster 1841)
0.08 %-specimens
recombined as Rinaldoella coronata
Worthenia joannisaustriae (Klipstein 1843)
0.08 %-specimens
recombined as Rinaldoella johannisaustriae
Worthenia muensteri (Klipstein 1843)
0.08 %-specimens
recombined as Rinaldoella muensteri
Worthenia canalifera (Münster 1841)
0.08 %-specimens
recombined as Wortheniella canalifera
Worthenia coralliophila Kittl 1891
0.76 %-specimens
recombined as Wortheniella coralliophila
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Eucycloscala ornata
1.6 %-specimens
Eucycloscala sp. Cossmann 1895
0.25 %-specimens
Eucycloscala damesi (Kittl 1892)
0.76 %-specimens
Gastropoda - Laubellidae
Laubella delicata (Laube 1868)
0.08 %-specimens
Gastropoda - Eunemopsidae
Eunemopsis dolomitica Kittl 1891
1.77 %-specimens
Gastropoda - Pseudowortheniellidae
Worthenia rarissima Kittl 1891
0.25 %-specimens
recombined as Pseudowortheniella rarissima
Gastropoda - Stuorellidae
Stuorella tofanae
0.08 %-specimens
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Emarginula muensteri Pictet 1855
0.5 %-specimens
Emargulina muensteri
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Anticonulus ogilviae
0.08 %-specimens
Gastropoda - Colloniidae
Palaeocollonia laevigata (Münster 1841)
0.08 %-specimens
original and current combination Delphinula laevigata
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
"Turbo" sp. Linnaeus 1758
0.08 %-specimens
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia
Spirocyclina eucycla (Laube 1869)
0.08 %-specimens
Gastropoda - Naticopsidae
Dicosmos maculosus
1.01 %-specimens
Naticopsis sp. M'Coy 1844
1.01 %-specimens
Naticopsis subelongata
0.42 %-specimens
Naticopsis laubei Kittl 1892
0.17 %-specimens
Naticopsis expansa (Laube 1868)
0.08 %-specimens
Naticopsis involuta Kittl 1892
0.08 %-specimens
Gastropoda - Neritariidae
"Natica" neritina Münster 1841
0.08 %-specimens
recombined as Dentineritaria neritina
Neritaria transiens
0.08 %-specimens
Neritaria mandelslohi (Klipstein 1843)
0.08 %-specimens
Gastropoda - Prostyliferidae
Ptychostoma mojsisovicsi Kittl 1892
0.08 %-specimens
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Ampullina paludinaris
0.08 %-specimens
Ampullina sp. Férussac 1822
0.08 %-specimens
Ampullina sp. A
Gastropoda - Protorculidae
Protorcula excavata (Laube 1868)
0.08 %-specimens
Protorcula subpunctata (Münster 1841)
0.17 %-specimens
Gastropoda - Coelostylinidae
Pseudochrysalis sp. (Kittl 1894)
0.33 %-specimens
original and current combination Coelostylina (Pseudochrysalis)
Trypanostylus semiglaber
0.08 %-specimens
Trypanostylus curretensis (Kittl 1894)
0.08 %-specimens
Trypanostylus konincki (Münster 1841)
0.17 %-specimens
Coelostylina crassa (Münster 1841)
0.25 %-specimens
Coelostylina cochlea (Münster 1841)
0.08 %-specimens
Coelostylina griesbachi Kittl 1894
0.08 %-specimens
Coelostylina conica (Münster 1841)
0.5 %-specimens
Gastropoda - Purpurinidae
Angularia pleurotomaria
0.08 %-specimens
Angularia subpleurotomaria (Münster 1841)
0.08 %-specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae
? Naticella triadica
0.08 %-specimens
synonym of Polinices
Gastropoda - Settsassiidae
Katosira sp. Koken 1892
0.08 %-specimens
? Katosira cassiana Kittl 1894
0.42 %-specimens
Katosira seelandica Kittl 1894
0.25 %-specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Maturifusidae
Palaeotriton macrostoma Kittl 1894
0.25 %-specimens
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Pseudomelania miles Kittl 1894
0.33 %-specimens
Pseudomelania hagenowi (Klipstein 1843)
0.08 %-specimens
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
3.72 %-specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sulcellata
0.08 %-specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula strigilata (Goldfuss 1837)
0.17 %-specimens
original and current combination Nucula strigilata
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus gracilis
0.33 %-specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Dimyidae
? Dimyodon sp. Munier-Chalmas 1886
0.17 %-specimens
synonym of Atreta
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
"Pecten" sp. Müller 1776
0.5 %-specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Mysidioptera sp. Salomon 1895
0.08 %-specimens
"Lima" sp. Bruguière 1797
0.08 %-specimens
Lima cancellata n. sp. Bittner 1895
Bittner 1895
Eolimea margineplicata
0.08 %-specimens
spelled with current rank as Limea (Eolimea)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801
1.69 %-specimens
Plicatula filifera n. sp. Bittner 1895
Bittner 1895
Plicatula imago Bittner 1895
1.52 %-specimens
recombined as Plicatula (Eoplicatula) imago
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Cassianellidae
Cassianella beyrichii Bittner 1895
0.33 %-specimens
Cassianella planidorsata (Münster 1841)
0.17 %-specimens
synonym of Cassianella decussata
Cassianella ampezzana Bittner 1895
0.17 %-specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillia angusta Munster 1838
5.07 %-specimens
recombined as Gervillia (Cultriopsis) angusta
Gervillia angulata Münster 1841
0.59 %-specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777
1.09 %-specimens
Pteria cf. caudata
0.08 %-specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
? Isognomon sp. Lightfoot 1786
0.17 %-specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea" sp. Linnaeus 1758
0.42 %-specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
0.42 %-specimens
Parallelodon formosissima
0.17 %-specimens
Parallelodon imbricarium
0.08 %-specimens
Bivalvia - Pterioida - Prospondylidea
Terquemia sp. Tate 1868
0.25 %-specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Palaeocardita crenata (Goldfuss 1837)
0.33 %-specimens
recombined as Septocardia crenata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Palaeocarditidae
Palaeocardita beneckei
0.08 %-specimens
Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Dicerocardiidae
Physocardia sp. Wöhrmann 1894
0.08 %-specimens
Physocardia verae Frech 1912
Frech 1912
Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Megalodontidae
Megalodon sp. Sowerby 1827
0.08 %-specimens
Megalodon rimosus (Münster 1841)
0.08 %-specimens
recombined as Pachyrisma rimosum
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Schafhaeutlia sp. Cossmann 1897
0.76 %-specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Myophoricardiidae
Myophoriopis sp. von Wöhrmann 1889
0.08 %-specimens
[entered as Myophoriopsis sp.]
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Gruenewaldia decussata (Munster 1838)
0.17 %-specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy
Coordinates: 46.7° North, 12.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:12.5° North, 20.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Carnian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 3
Key time interval:Julian
Age range of interval:237.00000 - 233.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Cassian
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Age range indicated as Langobardian ton ?Julian, now confirmed to be early Carnian (Cordevolian)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified framestone
Secondary lithology: lithified packstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Small patch reefs, laterally grading in to oolitic limestones
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: Patch reefs on extensive carbonate platform
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,original calcite
Lagerst�tten type:conservation
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:random
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Size sorting:very poor
Bioerosion:occasional
Encrustation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical,peel or thin section,field collection
Collection size:1182 specimens
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: Total number of specimens refer to Fürsich and Wendt only. Additional specimens added by Bandel (1996)
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 162
Database number:34692
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, A. Dunhill, M. Clapham Enterer:W. Kiessling, B. Allen, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-09-16 02:57:36 Last modified:2013-07-23 21:10:27
Access level:the public Released:2003-09-16 02:57:36
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
9188. 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]

Secondary references:

15339 K. Bandel. 1996. Some heterostrophic gastropods from Triassic St. Cassian Formation with a discussion on the classification of the Allogastropoda. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 70:325-365 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
69328 A. Bittner. 1895. Revision der Lamellibranchiaten von St. Cassian. Abhandlungen der kaiserlich-koniglichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 18(1):1-236 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]
69683 A. Bittner. 1912. Brachiopoden aus der Trias des Bakonyer Waldes [Brachiopods from the Triassic of the Bakony Forest]. Resultate der Wissenschaftlichen Erforschung des Balatonsees, II Band: Paläontologie der Umgebung des Balatonsees 1(1):1-60 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]
69698 F. Frech. 1912. Neue Zweischaler und Brachiopoden aus der Bakonyer Trias [New bivalves and brachiopods from the Bakony Trias]. Resultate der Wissenschaftlichen Erforschung des Balatonsees, II Band: Paläontologie der Umgebung des Balatonsees 1(2):1-138 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen/B. Allen]
21651 E. D. McKee. 1938. The environment and history of the Toroweap and Kaibab Formations of northern Arizona and southern Utah. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 492:1-268 [G. Webster/G. Webster/M. Clapham]