Where: Sardinia, Italy (39.3° N, 8.5° E: paleocoordinates 48.6° S, 113.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Matoppa Member (Nebida Formation), Lenian (516.0 - 510.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Mostler. 1985. Neue heteractinide Spongien (Calcispongea) aus dem Unter- und Mittelkambrium Südwestsardiniens [New heteractinid sponges (Calcispongia) from Lower and Middle Cambrian of SW Sardinia]. Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins Innsbruck 72:7-32 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122015: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.12.2011

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