Röt, Gansingen Dolomite, Aargau (Triassic of Switzerland)

Where: Switzerland (47.5° N, 8.1° E: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 14.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gansingen Dolomite Formation, Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified dolomite

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. Wildi. 1976. Die Molluskenfauna des Gansinger Dolomites (Trias, Karnian, Mittlerer Keuper) im aargauischen Tafeljura (Nordschweiz) [The molluscan fauna of the Gansingen Dolomite (Triassic, Carnian) in the Aargau Jura Mountains (Northern Switzerland)]. Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae 69(3):671-684 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 69249: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.02.2007

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
 Pectinida - Limidae
? Mysidioptera sp. Salomon 1895 file clam
 Carditida - Myophoricardiidae
 Cardiida - Palaeocarditidae
 Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
 Caenogastropoda - Coelostylinidae
 Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae