Schwatschalpe, Selva / Wolkenstein (Triassic of Italy)

Where: South Tyrol, Italy (46.6° N, 11.8° E: paleocoordinates 7.4° N, 22.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wengen Formation, Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 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 205134: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 07.10.2019

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
Daonella lommeli Wissmann 1841 oyster
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae
"Anolcites julium" = Falsanolcites julium
"Anolcites julium" = Falsanolcites julium von Mojsisovics 1882 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Gymnitidae
"Gymnites ecki" = Epigymnites ecki
"Gymnites ecki" = Epigymnites ecki von Mojsisovics 1882 ceratite