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)
• Float from lower Comelicania beds
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal wackestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (float)
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 122122: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.12.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Comelicania haueri Stache 1878 |