ammonites
Monte Seceda, Val Gardena (Permian of Italy)

Where: Italy (46.6° N, 11.7° E: paleocoordinates 4.5° N, 25.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bellerophon Formation, Changhsingian (254.0 - 252.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, black limestone and lithified, dolomitic limestone

• Sampled from debris, includes black limestone, ochre limestone, dolomitic 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 95456: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.04.2010

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