Bulla section BU12A, lower Tesero Oolite, 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: Lower Tesero oolite Member (Werfen Formation), Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, ooidal packstone and lithified grainstone

• mosaic of shoals and storm layers
• oolitic packstonesand grainstones with non-oolitic, fossiliferous packstones, mudstones and pelletoidal wackstones

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 84153: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 19.09.2008, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

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Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Serenididae
Sargentina postacuta
Sargentina postacuta Zalanyi 1974 ostracod
Foraminifera
 Fusulinina - Geinitzinidae
Geinitzina sp.