Spilecco, southwest of Purga di Bolca (Eocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (45.6° N, 11.2° E: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 10.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• Larger foram fauna contains Nummulites bolcensis and N. spileccensis, correlating to benthic zone SBZ7 or lower Ypresian, in good agreement with the nannoplankton zone NP 10 and the planktonic foraminifera zone P 5. Orthophragminid fauna is a key association for OZ3 zone, also lower Ypresian.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, tuffaceous, red limestone

• 1 to 2 m thick red, tuffaceous marl and limestone.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: G. A. Cooper. 1959. Genera of Tertiary and Recent rhynchonelloid brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 130(5):1-90 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 187481: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.07.2017

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Erymnariidae
Erymnaria bolcensis Massalongo 1850
Erymnaria polymorpha Massalongo 1850