Dolomites region, Werfen Formation, Campil Member: Smithian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
Asteriacitidae
Asteriacites lumbricalis Seilacher 1953
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy
Coordinates: 46.4° North, 11.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.2° North, 24.4° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Early Triassic
Stage: Olenekian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 1
Key time interval: Smithian
Age range of interval: 251.2 - 248.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Werfen Member:Campil
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified siltstone
Secondary lithology: lithified sandstone
Lithology description: reddish, micaceous, laminated siltstones interbedded with parallel- or cross-laminated, fine-grained sandstones, mostly 1-10 cm thick
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:61808
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-07-03 04:29:22 Last modified:2006-07-03 07:29:23
Access level:the public Released:2006-07-03 04:29:21
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
17825. R. J. Twitchett, J. M. Feinberg, D. D. O'Connor, W. Alvarez, and L. B. McCollum. 2005. Early Triassic Ophiuroids: their paleoecology, taphonomy and distribution. Palaios 20:213-223 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]