Tesero CNT6 (Permian of Italy)

Where: Italy (46.3° N, 11.5° E: paleocoordinates 4.5° N, 25.1° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tesero Oolite Member (Werfen Formation), Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, muddy lime mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Posenato. 2009. Survival patterns of macrobenthic marine assemblages during the end-Permian mass extinction in the western Tethys (Dolomites, Italy). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 280:150-167 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 101917: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.01.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Eumorphotis sp. Bittner 1901 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Towapteria sp. Nakazawa and Newell 1968 oyster
Gastropoda
 Caenogastropoda - Coelostylinidae
Coelostylina sp. Kittl 1894 snail
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Warthia sp.1 Waagen 1880 snail
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Teserina nerii n. gen.2
Teserina nerii n. gen.2 Posenato 2011
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Anchignathodontidae
Hindeodus praeparvus Kozur 1996 conodont