Paternsattel, under Drei Zinnen (Triassic of Italy)

Also known as Patern Saddle, under the Three Peaks

Where: Belluno, Italy (46.6° N, 12.3° E: paleocoordinates 25.2° N, 15.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Torer Member (Hauptdolomit Formation), Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. Frech. 1912. Neue Zweischaler und Brachiopoden aus der Bakonyer Trias [New bivalves and brachiopods from the Bakony Trias]. Resultate der Wissenschaftlichen Erforschung des Balatonsees, II Band: Paläontologie der Umgebung des Balatonsees 1(2):1-138 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 203327: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 11.08.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Megalodontida - Megalodontidae
Megalodus hoernesi, "Megalodus triqueter" = Neomegalodon triqueter
Megalodus hoernesi Frech 1912 clam
"Megalodus triqueter" = Neomegalodon triqueter Wulfen 1793 clam
 Megalodontida - Dicerocardiidae
Physocardia carintiaca Boué 1835 clam