Where: Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy (46.3° N, 11.8° E: paleocoordinates 5.2° N, 24.3° E)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Campi Member (Werfen Formation), Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 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 44830: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Nicole Bonuso on 17.09.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Promyalina sp. Kittl 1903 clam | |
Pectinoidea indet. Rafinesque 1815 scallop | |
Eumorphotis sp. Bittner 1901 scallop
? Eumorphotis sp. Bittner 1901 scallop | |
Entolium sp. Meek 1865 scallop | |
Bakevellia sp. King 1848 oyster | |
Unionites sp. Wissman 1841 clam | |
Costatoria sp. Waagen 1907 clam
Neoschizodus sp. Giebel 1855 clam |