Where: Italy (46.3° N, 11.5° E: paleocoordinates 4.7° N, 24.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Mazzin Member (Werfen Formation), Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, calcareous mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. Broglio Loriga, C. Neri, M. Pasini and R. Posenato. 1986. Marine fossil assemblages from Upper Permian to lowermost Triassic in the western Dolomites (Italy). Memorie della Società Geologica Italiana 34:5-44 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 104956: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.02.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Lingulata | |
Lingularia sp. Biernat and Emig 1993 | |
Bivalvia | |
Unionites cf. canalensis Catullo 1847 clam
Unionites fassaensis Wissmann 1841 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Neritaria sp. Koken 1892 snail | |
"Bellerophon vaceki" = Warthia vaceki
"Bellerophon vaceki" = Warthia vaceki Bittner 1899 snail | |
Coelostylina sp. Kittl 1894 snail
Coelostylina werfensis Wittenburg 1908 snail |