Sasso della Margherita, Valle Imperina (Triassic of Italy)

Where: Belluno, Italy (46.3° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 18.2° N, 17.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Crinoidenkalke Member, Triassic (251.9 - 201.4 Ma)

• "[This form comes from the Crinoidenkalke of Sasso della Margherita in the Val Imperina near Agordo, which according to F. v. Mojsisovic's Dol. Reefs p. 343 is only an erratic block on phyllite backing, likely to come from Monte Agnaro or Monte Piss of the Cimon della Pala-Gruppe]" (Bittner 1895)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Bittner. 1895. Revision der Lamellibranchiaten von St. Cassian. Abhandlungen der kaiserlich-koniglichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 18(1):1-236 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 202354: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 09.07.2019

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Tirolidia) haueriana n. sp. Bittner 1895 file clam