WH-4, Weisshorn section (Triassic of Italy)

Where: Italy (46.4° N, 11.4° E: paleocoordinates 5.4° N, 24.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Val Badia Member (Werfen Formation), Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; lithified, argillaceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: PIMUZ

Primary reference: R. Hofmann, M. Hautmann, and H. Bucher. 2015. Recovery dynamics of benthic marine communities from the Lower Triassic Werfen Formation, northern Italy. Lethaia 48:474-496 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 165162: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.01.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Purpurinidae
Werfenella rectecostata Hauer 1851 periwinkle
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Avichlamys voelseckhofensis Wittenburg 1908 scallop