Pralongia, horizon 16 (Triassic of Italy)

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

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Reposited in the SMNS

Primary reference: M. Urlichs. 2000. Germanonautilus (Nautiloidea) aus dem Unterkarnium der Dolomiten (Obertrias, Italien). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 291:1-13 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 171161: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.07.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae
Arpadites busiris Munster 1834 ceratite
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
? Germanonautilus breunneri Hauer 1847 nautiloid