Seceda Section, 6.25 m (Triassic of Italy)

Where: Trentino, Italy (46.6° N, 11.7° E: paleocoordinates 6.3° N, 23.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Buchenstein Formation, Illyrian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• Lower Plattenkalk. Late Reitzi or Secedensis Zone.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); dolomitic, black, calcareous lime mudstone

• Evenly bedded black calcareous to dolomitic mudstones. Often strongly siliceous, laminated, and rich in organic matter. Volcaniclastic detritus and argillaceous material is intercalated.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: P. Brack and H. Rieber. 1993. Towards a better definition of the Anisian/Ladinian boundary: new biostratigraphic data and correlations of boundary sections from the Southern Alps. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 86(2):415-527 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 44635: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.09.2004

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Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
Daonella angulata