Sass di Putia, Bed PK53 (Permian of Italy)

Where: Italy (46.7° N, 11.8° E: paleocoordinates 4.7° N, 25.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal wackestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Posenato. 1989. Chronological and geographical distribution of the fam. Comelicaniidae Merla, 1930 (Brachiopoda). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 94(3):383-400 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 101933: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Comelicania merlai n. sp.1, Janiceps papilio2, Janiceps peracuta2, Janiceps cadorica2, Comelicothyris laterosulcata n. sp.2, Comelicothyris recticardinis2
Comelicania merlai n. sp.1 Posenato 1998
sensu Merla
Janiceps papilio2 Stache 1878
Janiceps peracuta2 Stache 1878
Janiceps cadorica2 Stache 1878
Comelicothyris laterosulcata n. sp.2 Posenato 2001
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Ombonia tirolensis3, Orthothetina ladina3
Ombonia tirolensis3 Stache 1878
Orthothetina ladina3 Stache 1878
1Posenato 1998; 2Posenato 2001; 3Posenato 2011