Where: Chios Island, Greece (38.5° N, 26.1° E: paleocoordinates 9.0° S, 29.3° E)

When: Capitanian to Capitanian (264.3 - 254.2 Ma)

• The age of the richthofeniid reef buildup preserved in Marmaro Bay is younger than previously thought; it is now correlated with the Capitanian/Wuchiapigian boundary interval

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: bulk, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: G. Grigoryan, T. Danelian, D. Vachard, T. Tsourou, and A. Zambettakis-Lekkas. 2020. Calcareous algae and Foraminifera from the Upper Capitanian/Lower Wuchiapingian (Middle/Upper Permian) transitional carbonates of the Chios Island (Greece). Biostratigraphic and paleogeographic implications. Revue de Micropaléontologie 68 [H. Song/E. Jia/E. Jia]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 218702: authorized by Haijun Song, entered by Enhao Jia on 25.02.2021

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