Bulla, Bolzano, 18 m (Triassic of Italy)

Where: Italy (46.6° N, 11.6° E: paleocoordinates 4.9° N, 25.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Parvus Zone, Upper Mazzin Member

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• calcarenitic storm-layers

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Farabegoli, M. C. Perri, and R. Posenato. 2007. Environmental and biotic changes across the Permian-Triassic boundary in western Tethys: The Bulla parastratotype, Italy. Global and Planetary Change 55:109-135 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74944: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.09.2007, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingularia sp. Biernat and Emig 1993
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
"Bellerophon vaceki" = Warthia vaceki
"Bellerophon vaceki" = Warthia vaceki Bittner 1899 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Coelostylinidae
Coelostylina sp. Kittl 1894 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Unionites canalensis Catullo 1847 clam
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Towapteria sp. Nakazawa and Newell 1968 oyster
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopectinidae indet. Meek 1864 scallop
 Pectinida - Claraiidae
Claraia sp. Bittner 1901 scallop
Claraia ex gr. wangi-griesbachi