Where: South Tyrol, Italy (46.6° N, 11.7° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 14.2° N, 36.2° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Member (Werfen Formation), Olenekian (249.9 - 246.7 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. M. Ogilvie Gordon. 1927. Das Grödener-, Fassa- und Enneberggebiet in den Südtiroler Dolomiten: Geologische Beschreibung mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Überschiebungserscheinungen. Teil III. Paläontologie. Abhandlungen der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 24(2):1-88 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 204991: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 02.10.2019
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Pseudomonotis (Claraia) orbicularis" = Posidonomya orbicularis
"Pseudomonotis (Claraia) orbicularis" = Posidonomya orbicularis Richthofen 1860 oyster |