Where: Italy (46.5° N, 11.9° E: paleocoordinates 13.3° N, 19.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• Several 10-15 cm thick bands of calcarenite. Age range indicated as Langobardian to ?Julian, now confirmed to be early Carnian (Cordevolian)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; packstone

Size class: macrofossils

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 44952: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.09.2004, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling