Sojaltal and Vajolettal, above Mazzin (Werfen Fm.) (Triassic of Italy)

Also known as West side of Val di Fassa

Where: South Tyrol, Italy (46.5° N, 11.7° E: paleocoordinates 5.4° N, 24.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Campil Member (Werfen Formation), Olenekian (251.2 - 247.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. M. Ogilvie Gordon. 1927. Das Grödener-, Fassa- und Enneberggebiet in den Südtiroler Dolomiten: Geologische Beschreibung mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Überschiebungserscheinungen. Teil III. Paläontologie. Abhandlungen der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 24(2):1-88 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 205022: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 03.10.2019

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
"Pecten sojalis n. sp." = Confusionella loczyi
"Pecten sojalis n. sp." = Confusionella loczyi Bittner 1901 pearl oyster
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
"Pseudomonotis (Eumorphotis) multiformis" = Eumorphotis multiformis
"Pseudomonotis (Eumorphotis) multiformis" = Eumorphotis multiformis Bittner 1899 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten vajolettensis n. sp. Wittenburg 1908 scallop
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Tirolitidae
Tirolites cassianus Quenstedt 1845 ceratite