Where: Switzerland (45.9° N, 8.9° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 31.5° N, 27.9° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Broccatello Formation, Sinemurian (199.5 - 192.9 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: PIMUZ (Paleontological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich)
Primary reference: H. Sulser. 2004. Arzonella exotica n. g. n. sp., a new brachiopod of indeterminate systematic position from the Lower Liassic (Broccatello) of Arzo (Southern Alps of Switzerland) : a short note. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 97:423-428 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 138806: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.01.2013
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Sulcirostra alpina Parona 1885 | |
Prionorhynchia sp. Buckman 1917 | |
"Arzonella exotica n. gen. n. sp." = Arzonellina exotica
"Arzonella exotica n. gen. n. sp." = Arzonellina exotica Sulser 2004 |