Tesero-13 upper shell bed (Triassic of Italy)

Where: Northern Italy, Italy (46.3° N, 11.5° E: paleocoordinates 4.7° N, 24.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Mazzin Member (Werfen Formation), Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Fraiser. 2005. When Bivalves Took Over the World: Global Paleoecology of Bivalves During the Aftermath of the End-Permian Mass Extinction. [D. Bottjer/N. Bonuso/N. Bonuso]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 44632: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Nicole Bonuso on 15.09.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
originally entered as "Bivalve indet."