Where: Sardinia, Italy (39.4° N, 8.5° E: paleocoordinates 63.8° S, 56.3° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: M. colonus zone, Fluminimaggiore Formation, Homerian to Homerian (430.5 - 425.6 Ma)

• In this study, isolated blocks were correlated on basis of contained conodonts.Fluminimaggiore Fm., uppermost Wenlock to lowermost Ludlow (M. colonus Biozone).

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lime mudstone and calcareous shale

Collection methods: Table 2 gives numerical abundances and inferred life habits of bivalves.

Primary reference: J. Kříž and E. Serpagli. 1993. Upper Silurian and lowermost Devonian Bivalvia of Bohemian type from south-western Sardinia. Bolletino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 32(3):289-347 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 26177: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 07.10.2002

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