Gran Roa, Ortisei (Permian of Italy)

Where: Italy (46.6° N, 11.7° E: paleocoordinates 4.7° N, 25.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, black limestone

• Sampled from debris, including black limestone and ochre limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Prinoth and R. Posenato. 2007. Late Permian nautiloids from the Bellerophon Formation of the Dolomites (Italy). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 282:135-165 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 95453: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.04.2010

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Foordiceras dolomiticum Prinoth and Posenato 2007
Tainoceras balestense n. sp. Prinoth and Posenato 2007
 Nautilida - Liroceratidae
Liroceras gardenense n. sp. Prinoth and Posenato 2007