ammonites
Val Averta (Triassic of Italy)

Where: Italy (46.3° N, 11.6° E: paleocoordinates 5.3° N, 24.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, dolomitic, ooidal limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: peel or thin section

Primary reference: C. Neri and R. Posenato. 1985. New biostratigraphical data on uppermost Werfen Formation of western Dolomites (Trento, Italy). Geologisch-Paläontologische Mitteilungen Innsbruck 14(3):83-107 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 127285: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.05.2012

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