Where: Italy (46.5° N, 12.1° E: paleocoordinates 13.2° N, 19.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cassian Formation, Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Primary reference: W. Volz. 1896. Die Korallen der Schichten von St Cassian in Süd-Tirol. Palaeontographica 43:1-124 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 38162: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Benjamin Brenneis on 16.04.2004, edited by Bethany Allen and Wolfgang Kiessling
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Bivalvia | |
Mysidioptera ampezzana n. sp.1
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| Anthozoa | |
Margarosmilia septanectens, Margarosmilia zieteni, Margarosmilia richthofeni n. sp., Margarophyllia capitata
Margarosmilia septanectens Loretz 1875 stony coral
Margarosmilia zieteni Klipstein 1843 stony coral
Margarosmilia richthofeni n. sp. Volz 1896 stony coral
Margarophyllia capitata Münster 1841 stony coral | |
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Toechastraea oppeli stony coral | |
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Omphalophyllia zitteli n. sp. stony coral
Omphalophyllia bittneri n. sp. stony coral
Omphalophyllia boletiformis Münster 1841 stony coral | |
"Thecosmilia sublaevis" = Remismilia sublaevis
"Thecosmilia sublaevis" = Remismilia sublaevis Münster 1841 stony coral | |
"Retiophyllia subdichotoma" = Volzeia subdichotoma
"Retiophyllia subdichotoma" = Volzeia subdichotoma Münster 1841 stony coral Thecosmilia subdichotoma
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Montlivaltia verae n. sp. stony coral
Montlivaltia obliqua Münster 1841 stony coral | |
"Isastraea guembeli" = Guembelastraea guembeli, "Thamnastraea frechi n. sp." = Thamnasteriamorpha frechi
"Isastraea guembeli" = Guembelastraea guembeli Laube 1865 stony coral
"Thamnastraea frechi n. sp." = Thamnasteriamorpha frechi Volz 1896 stony coral | |