Malga Epolo, Schilpario, Val di Scalve (Triassic of Italy)

Where: Bergamo, Italy (46.0° N, 10.2° E: paleocoordinates 7.5° N, 21.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Trachyceras archelaus ammonoid zone, Wengen Formation, Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shelly/skeletal limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. von Mojsisovics. 1882. Die Cephalopoden der Mediterranen Triasprovinz. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 10:1-322 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 212325: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 11.08.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Danubitidae
Celtites epolensis n. sp. Mojsisovics 1878 ceratite
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
Daonella sp. Mojsisovics 1874 oyster