Where: Italy (46.5° N, 11.8° E: paleocoordinates 4.6° N, 25.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• 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 230046: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.05.2023

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