D87, Cassian bulk collection (Triassic of Italy)

Also known as Reef 162

Where: Italy (46.7° N, 12.2° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 17.0° N, 34.1° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Age range indicated as Langobardian ton ?Julian, now confirmed to be early Carnian (Cordevolian)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• Patch reefs on extensive carbonate platform
• Small patch reefs, laterally grading in to oolitic limestones. Material supposedly stems from reefs, although it was mostly collected from marly interbeds.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 69675: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 01.03.2007

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Taxonomic list

• Taxonomy has not been revised since 1977
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Crinoidea
 Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Isocrinus tyrolensis1
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
""Trochus" nudus" = Solarioconulus nudus1
""Trochus" nudus" = Solarioconulus nudus1 Münster 1841 snail
 Murchisoniina - Spirostylidae
Euthystylus sp.1
Euthystylus sp.1 Cossmann 1895 snail
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
"Ampullina" sanctaecrucis1
 Zygopleuroidea - Protorculidae
"Anoptychia canalifera" = Atorcula canalifera1
"Anoptychia canalifera" = Atorcula canalifera1 Münster 1841 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limidae
Mysidioptera sp.1
Mysidioptera sp.1 Salomon 1895 file clam
 Ostreida - Cassianellidae
Cassianella ampezzana1, Cassianella beyrichii1
Cassianella ampezzana1 Bittner 1895 oyster
Cassianella beyrichii1 Bittner 1895 oyster
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon sp.1
Parallelodon sp.1 Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Conophyllidae
Omphalophyllia recondita2
1Fürsich 2005; 2Kiessling 2008