Val Averta 4F (Triassic of Italy)

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
 Caenogastropoda - Coelostylinidae
Coelostylina werfensis Wittenburg 1908 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia ex gr. exporrecta Lepsius 1878 oyster
includes var. linearis
Bakevellia cf. costata Schlotheim 1820 oyster
Bakevellia cf. ladina Leonardi 1932 oyster
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
"Homomya" sp. Agassiz 1843 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Costatoria costata Zenker 1833 clam
Neoschizodus ovatus Goldfuss 1838 clam