Marmaron Bay, Bed CH6, Unit 1, Chios (Permian of Greece)

Where: Greece (38.5° N, 26.1° E: paleocoordinates 12.0° S, 28.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: "Gymnocodiacean Limestone" Formation, Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)

• Likely equivalent to N. craticulifera zone with Verbeekina.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: L. Angiolini, L. Carabelli, and M. Gaetani. 2005. Middle Permian brachiopods from Greece and their palaeobiogeographical significance: new evidence for a Gondwanan affinity of the Chios Island Upper Unit. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 3(2):169-185 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 75538: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.10.2007

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Kotlaia aethopa Grant 1993