AG-2, Aferer Geisler section (Triassic of Italy)

Where: Italy (46.7° N, 11.8° E: paleocoordinates 4.9° N, 25.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Mazzin Member (Werfen Formation), Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; lithified, argillaceous limestone

• Marly limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: PIMUZ

Primary reference: R. Hofmann, M. Hautmann, and H. Bucher. 2015. Recovery dynamics of benthic marine communities from the Lower Triassic Werfen Formation, northern Italy. Lethaia 48:474-496 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 165007: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.01.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Caenogastropoda - Coelostylinidae
Coelostylina werfensis
Coelostylina werfensis Wittenburg 1908 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophontidae "sp. A"
Bellerophontidae "sp. A" M'Coy 1851 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Tindariidae
Austrotindaria antiqua
Austrotindaria antiqua Foster et al. 2017 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Neoschizodus orbicularis
Neoschizodus orbicularis Bronn 1837 clam
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Eumorphotis "sp. A"
Eumorphotis "sp. A" Bittner 1901 scallop
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria cf. ussurica
Pteria cf. ussurica Kiparisova 1938 pearl oyster
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingularia tenuissima