Bulla section BU2A, Bulla Member, Ortisei (Permian of Italy)

Where: Italy (46.6° N, 11.6° E: paleocoordinates 4.7° N, 25.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bulla Member (Bellerophon Formation), Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified marl

• parallel-bedded dolomicrites
• marly dolomite facies

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: chemical, acetic,

Primary reference: J. R. Groves, R. Rettori, J. L. Payne, M. D. Boyce, and D. Altiner. 2007. End-permian mass extinction of lagenide foraminifers in the southern alps (Northern Italy). Journal of Paleontology 81(3):415-434 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84128: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 18.09.2008, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

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Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Cytherissinellidae
Arqoviella "sp. 1"
Arqoviella "sp. 1" Gerry and Honigstein 1987 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Serenididae
Sargentina postacuta
Sargentina postacuta Zalanyi 1974 ostracod
Foraminifera
 Fusulinina - Geinitzinidae
Geinitzina taurica, Geinitzina sp.
 Lagenina - Ichtyolariidae
? Protonodosaria sp.