La Valute Cave (LV) section, sample 9 (Devonian of Italy)

Where: Italy (46.6° N, 12.1° E: paleocoordinates 50.6° S, 56.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Masaraella pandora β conodont zone, Findenig Formation, Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• The lower 5 m of the section consists of well-bedded gray limestone of La Valute Fm., and the upper part of purple red wavy bedded to nodular limestone of the Findenig Fm. The transition between the two units is gradual and marked by the colour change between samples LV 7A and LV 8 (Corriga et al., 2011).

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: C. Corradini, M. Pondrelli, L. Simonetto, M. G. Corriga, C. Spalletta, T. J. Suttner, E. Kido, A. Mossoni, and P. Serventi. 2016. Stratigraphy of the La Valute area (Mt. Zermula massif, Carnic Alps, Italy). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 55(1):55-78 [E. Jarochowska/S. Haegele]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 188013: authorized by Emilia Jarochowska, entered by Sarah Haegele on 20.08.2017

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Taxonomic list

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Conodonta
 Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae
Pedavis "sp. A", Icriodus sp.
Pedavis "sp. A" Klapper and Philip 1971 conodont
Icriodus sp. Branson and Mehl 1938 conodont
 Prioniodontida -
Pseudooneotodus beckmanni
Pseudooneotodus beckmanni Bischoff and Sannemann 1958 conodont