PCL 13, Bec de Roces section (Triassic of Italy)

Where: Italy (46.5° N, 11.9° E: paleocoordinates 12.4° N, 20.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Trachyceras ammonoid zone, San Cassian Formation, Julian (235.0 - 232.0 Ma)

• canadensis subzone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: MGPD (Museo Geopaleontologico dell'Universita di Padova)

Primary reference: P. Mietto, S. Manfrin, N. Preto and P. Gianolla. 2008. Selected ammonoid fauna from Prati Di Stuores/Stuores Wiesen and related sections across the Ladinian-Carnian boundary (southern Alps, Italy). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 114:377-429 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 141972: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.04.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Lecanitidae
Lecanites glaucus Münster 1841 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae
Trachyceras sp. Laube 1869 ceratite
Trachyceras cf. muensteri Wissmann 1841 ceratite
Zestoceras sp. Tozer 1994 ceratite
Zestoceras barwicki Johnson 1941 ceratite
Zestoceras lorigae Mietto and Manfrin 2008 ceratite
Frankites sp. Tozer 1971 ceratite
Sirenotrachyceras cf. thusneldae Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite