Where: Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy (46.3° N, 11.8° E: paleocoordinates 4.6° N, 25.0° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gastropod Oolite Member (Werfen Formation), Dienerian (250.5 - 251.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

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 44653: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Nicole Bonuso on 15.09.2004, edited by Matthew Clapham

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