Where: Varese, Italy (45.8° N, 8.8° E: paleocoordinates 33.4° N, 17.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Pliensbachian (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; red lime mudstone and red marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: recrystallized

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• Some 40 specimens, many of them virtually complete, were found by two amateur collectors, Mr Walter Paredi and Mr Piero Conca. These are now deposited in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano (MSNM)

Primary reference: A. B. Smith and L. Anzalone. 2000. Loriolella, a key taxon for understanding the early evolution of irregular echinoids. Palaeontology 43(2):303-324 [W. Clyde/J. Finarelli/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 37504: authorized by Will Clyde, entered by John Finarelli on 15.03.2004

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