Misurina (Triassic of Italy)

Where: Italy (46.6° N, 12.2° E: paleocoordinates 12.3° N, 20.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cordevol Member (Cassian Formation), Julian (235.0 - 232.0 Ma)

• Early Carnian according to Bandel (1996)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

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 38164: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Benjamin Brenneis on 16.04.2004, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling, Uta Merkel and Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Tropiastraeidae
"Thamnastraea frechi n. sp." = Thamnasteriamorpha frechi
"Thamnastraea frechi n. sp." = Thamnasteriamorpha frechi Volz 1896 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
"Myriophyllia" gracilis4, "Myriophyllia" mojsvari4
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia radiciformis
Montlivaltia radiciformis Münster 1841 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae
Margarosmilia hintzei n. sp., Margarophyllia capitata
Margarosmilia hintzei n. sp. stony coral
Margarophyllia capitata Münster 1841 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
Craspedophyllia alpina, Toechastraea oppeli
Craspedophyllia alpina Loretz 1875 stony coral
Toechastraea oppeli stony coral
 Scleractinia - Conophyllidae
Omphalophyllia granulosa
 Scleractinia - Volzeiidae
"Retiophyllia subdichotoma" = Volzeia subdichotoma
"Retiophyllia subdichotoma" = Volzeia subdichotoma Münster 1841 stony coral
Thecosmilia subdichotoma
Demospongiae
 Hadromerida - Celyphiidae
Celyphia sp.3, Celyphia submarginata3
Celyphia sp.3 Pomel 1872 demosponge
Celyphia submarginata3 Münster 1841 demosponge
Calcarea
 Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Stellispongia variabilis3
Stellispongia variabilis3 Münster 1841 calcareous sponge
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
Daonella lommeli5
Daonella lommeli5 Wissmann 1841 oyster
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula plexicosta n. sp.2, "Plicatula imago" = Plicatula (Eoplicatula) imago2
Plicatula plexicosta n. sp.2 Bittner 1895 scallop
"Plicatula imago" = Plicatula (Eoplicatula) imago2 Bittner 1895 scallop
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Leda aff. sulcellata2
Leda aff. sulcellata2 Wissmann 1841 pointed nut clam
Gastropoda
 Vetigastropoda - Discohelicidae
Amphitomaria cassiana1
 Heterostrophia -
Ampezzogyra schroederi1
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Rinaldoconchus bieleri n. sp.1, Rinaldoconchus ampezzanus1
Rinaldoconchus ampezzanus1 Zardini 1980 snail
 Heterostropha - Murchisonellidae
Ebala cassiana n. sp.1
Ebala cassiana n. sp.1 Bandel 1996 snail
 Heterostropha - Cornirostridae
Alexogyra marshalli n. gen. n. sp.1, Bandellina cassiana1
Alexogyra marshalli n. gen. n. sp.1 Bandel 1996 snail
Bandellina cassiana1 Bandel 1996 snail
 Heterostropha - Cassianebalidae
Cassianebala speciensis n. sp.1
Cassianebala speciensis n. sp.1 Bandel 1996 snail
 Heterostropha - Stuoraxidae
Stuoraxis lehmanni1
 Heterostropha - Tofanellidae
Neodonaldina elongata1
Neodonaldina elongata1 Zardini 1978 snail
 Murchisoniina - Wortheniellidae
Wortheniella rarissima6, Wortheniella venusta6, Wortheniella joannisaustriae6, Wortheniella coronata6, Wortheniella tenera n. sp.6, Wortheniella coralliophila6, Wortheniella subpunctata6, Wortheniella spuria6, "Wortheniella rinaldoi" = Rinaldoella rinaldoi6, Bandelium campense6, "Wortheniella ruedigeri n. sp." = Bandelium ruedigeri6
Wortheniella tenera n. sp.6 snail
Wortheniella coralliophila6 Kittl 1891 snail
Wortheniella subpunctata6 Klipstein 1843 snail
Wortheniella spuria6 Münster 1841 snail
"Wortheniella rinaldoi" = Rinaldoella rinaldoi6 Schwartz 1992 snail
Bandelium campense6 Zardini 1980 snail
"Wortheniella ruedigeri n. sp." = Bandelium ruedigeri6 Schwardt 1992 snail
1Bandel 1996; 2Bittner 1895; 3Dieci et al. 1968; 4Kiessling 2008; 5Kittl 1912; 6Schwardt 1992