Where: Italy (46.3° N, 11.6° E: paleocoordinates 5.3° N, 24.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cencenighe Member (Werfen Formation), Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, dolomitic, ooidal limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: peel or thin section
Primary reference: C. Neri and R. Posenato. 1985. New biostratigraphical data on uppermost Werfen Formation of western Dolomites (Trento, Italy). Geologisch-Paläontologische Mitteilungen Innsbruck 14(3):83-107 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 115789: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.09.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Coelostylina werfensis Wittenburg 1908 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Bakevellia cf. costata Schlotheim 1820 oyster
Bakevellia cf. ladina Leonardi 1932 oyster | |
"Homomya" sp. Agassiz 1843 clam | |
Costatoria costata Zenker 1833 clam
Neoschizodus ovatus Goldfuss 1838 clam |