Aschkler Alpe, south of Seceda (Wengen Fm.) (Triassic of Italy)

Where: South Tyrol, Italy (46.6° N, 11.7° E: paleocoordinates 7.4° N, 22.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wengen Formation, Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 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 205132: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 07.10.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae
"Protrachyceras mundevillae" = Frankites regoledanus, "Anolcites richthofeni" = Falsanolcites richthofeni
"Protrachyceras mundevillae" = Frankites regoledanus Mojsisovics 1869 ceratite
"Anolcites richthofeni" = Falsanolcites richthofeni Mojsisovics 1882 ceratite
 Pseudorthocerida - Trematoceratidae
"Orthoceras elegans" = Trematoceras elegans
"Orthoceras elegans" = Trematoceras elegans Muenster 1831
Bivalvia
  - Aviculidae
Avicula globulus Wissmann 1841 clam
 Bennettitales -
Zamites sp. Brongniart 1828
Voltziopsida
 Voltziales - Voltziaceae
Voltzia sp. Brongniart 1828
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae