Butterloch (Permian of Italy)

Where: Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy (46.4° N, 11.4° E: paleocoordinates 4.6° N, 25.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, sandy limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Prinoth and R. Posenato. 2007. Late Permian nautiloids from the Bellerophon Formation of the Dolomites (Italy). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 282:135-165 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 116442: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.09.2011, edited by Joseph Flannery-Sutherland

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Tirolonautilus crux Stache 1877 nautiloid
Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Bobasatraniidae
Bobasatrania antiqua2 Tintori and Lombardo 2007
Accordi 1955 (pl. 3, fig. 4)
Actinopteri
 Semionotiformes - Semionotidae