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
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 165012: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.01.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Lingulata | |
Lingularia tenuissima Bronn 1837 | |
Gastropoda | |
Bellerophontidae "sp. A" M'Coy 1851 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Austrotindaria antiqua Foster et al. 2017 clam | |
Eumorphotis multiformis Bittner 1899 scallop | |
Claraia aurita Hauer 1850 scallop | |
Towapteria scythica Wirth 1936 oyster | |
Pteria cf. ussurica Kiparisova 1938 pearl oyster | |
Neoschizodus orbicularis Bronn 1837 clam
Neoschizodus laevigatus Ziethen 1830 clam |