RPGVBB, Ruf da Piz, Gardena Valley (Permian of Italy)

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

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Museum Ladin Ciastel de Tor (MLCS)

Primary reference: H. Prinoth and R. Posenato. 2023. Bivalves from the Changhsingian (upper Permian) Bellerophon Formation of the Dolomites (Italy): ancestors of Lower Triassic post-extinction benthic communities. Papers in Palaeontology 9:e1486 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 230045: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.05.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Volsellina carinata Prinoth and Posenato 2023 mussel
 Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae
Gardenapecten trinkeri Stache 1878 scallop
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Eumorphotis striatocostata Stache 1878 scallop
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus obscurus Sowerby 1821 clam
 Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Unionites jacobi Stache 1878 clam
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia hautmanni Prinoth and Posenato 2023 clam