M. Meleta above Gallio (Jurassic of Italy)

Where: Italy (45.9° N, 11.5° E: paleocoordinates 33.0° N, 21.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lumachella a Posidonia alpina Member (Rosso Ammonitico Veronese Formation), Subfurcatum (171.6 - 167.7 Ma)

• subfurcatum zone of the Bajocian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, massive, nodular, oncoidal, shelly/skeletal, red lime mudstone

• massive micritic limestones, nodular reddish colored or locally white, medium and thick stratified with abundant small pelagic bivalves and frequent stromalitic and oncoid levels. At the base, lenses and scours with the "lumachella a Posidonia alpina"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: coquina

Collection methods: Repository: M.G.U Torino

Primary reference: A. Ferrari and C. Manara. 1972. Brachiopodi Del Dogger Inferiore Di Monte Peller - Trentino. Giornale Di Geologia 38(1):253-333 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 161181: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 02.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Erymnariidae
Septocrurella microcephala
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
"Rhynchonella" hemicostata