Sample A-surface, Settsass Scharte: Julian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900
1 specimen
indet. 1
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula strigilata (Goldfuss 1837)
22 specimens
original and current combination Nucula strigilata
(1 measurement)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Cassianellidae
Cassianella decussata (Münster 1841)
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Plagioglypta undulata (Münster 1841)
4 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Tofanellidae
Schartia carinata Nützel and Kaim 2014
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Coelostylinidae
Coelostylina conica (Münster 1841)
6 specimens
(1 measurement)
Turristylus cf. triadicus (Kittl 1894)
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Helenostylina convexa n. sp. Nützel and Kaim 2014
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
"Turbo" cf. orthostoma Kittl 1894
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Eunemopsidae
Pseudoclanculus nodosus (Münster 1841)
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Eucycloscala spinosa (Klipstein 1843)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Schizogoniidae
Schizogonium laubei Kittl 1891
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Spirostylidae
Spirostylus brevior (Kittl 1894)
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
Goniospira armata (Münster 1841)
65 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Temnotropidae
Temnotropis fallax Kittl 1891
3 specimens
(2 measurements)
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Wortheniellidae
Wortheniella coralliophila (Kittl 1891)
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Wortheniella cf. canalifera (Münster 1841)
2 specimens
(2 measurements)
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Germanonautilus cassianus (von Mojsisovics 1882)
1 specimen
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Trematoceras elegans
2 specimens
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy
Coordinates: 46.5° North, 12.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:12.4° North, 20.1° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Carnian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 3
Key time interval:Julian Ammonoid zone: Trachyceras aon
Age range of interval:235.00000 - 232.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Cassian
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown,gray poorly lithified marl
Lithology description: Grey to- brownish poorly lithified claystones to marlstones. Thin beds of marly limestones are also present.
Environment:basinal (carbonate)
Geology comments: The lithology is typical of the basin facies of the Cassian Formation.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,replaced with calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ)
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BSP
Collection method comments: Repository: Naturmuseum Sudtirol, Bolzano (NMS BOZ). Additional material is housed in the Bayerische Staatssammlung fur Palaontologie und Geologie in Munchen under the inventory number SNSB BSPG 2012 XIV.
Metadata
Database number:163817
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2014-11-13 17:34:45 Last modified:2014-11-13 17:34:45
Access level:the public Released:2014-11-13 17:34:45
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

53445. A. Nützel and A. Kaim. 2014. Diversity, palaeoecology and systematics of a marine fossil assemblage from the Late Triassic Cassian Formation at Settsass Scharte, N Italy. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 88:405-431 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]