North face of the Contrinalpe (Permian of Italy)

Also known as Pra di Contrin

Where: South Tyrol, Italy (46.6° N, 11.7° E: paleocoordinates 4.7° N, 25.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bellerophon Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. M. Ogilvie Gordon. 1927. Das Grödener-, Fassa- und Enneberggebiet in den Südtiroler Dolomiten: Geologische Beschreibung mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Überschiebungserscheinungen. Teil III. Paläontologie. Abhandlungen der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 24(2):1-88 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 204984: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 02.10.2019

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae
"Pecten guembeli" = Gardenapecten trinkeri
"Pecten guembeli" = Gardenapecten trinkeri Stache 1878 scallop
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
"Gymnocodium bellerophontis" = Gyroporella bellerophontis
"Gymnocodium bellerophontis" = Gyroporella bellerophontis Rothpletz 1894