NUOVA LOCALITA' FOSSILIFERA A TEREBRATULIDAE (BRACHIOPODA) DEL TITONICO SUPERIORE NEL GRUPPO DELLE TOFANE (BELLUNO)

The present paper is dedicated to a new Terebratulidae locality within a Upper Tithonian unit (Biancone s.l.) near Cortina d'Ampezzo. The investigated area is the Tofane Mountains (Third or Inner Tofana). Terebratulidae come from a biomicrite holding rare planktonic Foraminifera and Tintinnids;...

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Published in:RIVISTA ITALIANA DI PALEONTOLOGIA E STRATIGRAFIA
Main Author: BENIGNI, CHIARA
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2020
Subjects:
Systematic Paleontology
Brachiopoda
Terebratulida
Upper Tithonian
Cortina d'Ampezzo Dolomites (Italy)
Planktonic foraminifera
Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/13641
https://doi.org/10.54103/2039-4942/13641
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Summary:The present paper is dedicated to a new Terebratulidae locality within a Upper Tithonian unit (Biancone s.l.) near Cortina d'Ampezzo. The investigated area is the Tofane Mountains (Third or Inner Tofana). Terebratulidae come from a biomicrite holding rare planktonic Foraminifera and Tintinnids; Calpionella alpina Lorenz and Crassicollaria cf. intermedia (Durand—Delga) suggest an Upper Tithonian age. The megafauna consists of Terebratulidae only; borings and epizooic organisms are totally missing. The fossils are rather well preserved; they are extremely frequent and build up a Terebratula Bed. Three species belonging to the genus Tropeothyris Smirnova, 1972, have been identified, all represented by many specimens juvenile as well. Two species are new to Science: Tropeothyris francescoi SP. n. and Tropeothyris tofanensis SP. n.

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