Mouth of Malborgeth valley behind Holzrechen (Triassic of Italy)

Where: Italy (46.5° N, 13.4° E: paleocoordinates 11.8° N, 20.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Julian (235.0 - 232.0 Ma)

• No stratigraphic details, but genus occurs in Upper Triassic (Carnian-Norian) elsewhere. Bittner compares species to forms from St. Cassian Formation, so a Julian age is assigned.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Collected by K.A. Penecke, F. Frech

• Repository: Private collection of Dr. Penecke

Primary reference: A. Bittner. 1890. Brachiopoden der alpinen Trias. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 14:1-325 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 137010: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.12.2012, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten hammeri Bittner 1902 scallop
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Laballidae
"Spiriferina peneckei n. sp." = Spinolepismatina peneckei
"Spiriferina peneckei n. sp." = Spinolepismatina peneckei Bittner 1890