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

• 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

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.