Pr9, Cassian bulk collection: Julian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Koninckinidae
Koninckina leonhardi (Wissmann 1841)
Fürsich 2005 35 individuals
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Rhaphistomellidae
Rhaphistomella radians (Wissmann 1841)
Fürsich 2005 4 individuals
Gastropoda - Goniasmatidae
Cheilotomona acuta
Fürsich 2005 1 individual
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula strigillata (Goldfuss 1837)
Fürsich 2005 1 individual
original and current combination Nucula strigilata
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima" areolaris Bittner 1895
Fürsich 2005 1 individual
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Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Carnian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 3
Key time interval:Julian
Age range of interval:237.00000 - 233.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Cassian
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Age range indicated as Langobardian ton ?Julian, now confirmed to be early Carnian (Cordevolian)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Small patch reefs, laterally grading in to oolitic limestones. Material supposedly stems from reefs, although it was mostly collected from marly interbeds.
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: Patch reefs on extensive carbonate platform
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Taxonomy has not been revised since 1977
Metadata
Database number:69682
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:V. Roden Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-03-01 09:49:32 Last modified:2016-08-23 08:03:29
Access level:the public Released:2007-03-01 09:49:32
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

9188. 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]

Secondary references:

23366 F. T. Fürsich. 2005. Primary collection data of Cassian Formation used for publication of Fürsich and Wendt (1977) (ref. 9188). pers. comm. [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]