Bulla section BU9, 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 packstones and grainstones with non-oolitic, fossiliferous packstones, mudstones and pelletoidal wackstones

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: chemical, acetic,

Primary reference: S. Crasquin, M. C. Perri, A. Nicora and P. De Wever. 2008. Ostracods across the Permian-Triassic boundary in western Tethys: the Bulla parastratotype (southern Alps, Italy). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 114(2):233-262 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87192: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.03.2009

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Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Serenididae
Sargentina postacuta Zalanyi 1974 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Knoxitidae
Knoxiella ventrospinosa Crasquin 2008 ostracod
 Podocopida - Acratiidae
Acratia zhongyingensis Wang 1978 ostracod
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Ombonia tirolensis Stache 1878
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Unionites sp. Wissman 1841 clam
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Promyalina sp. Kittl 1903 clam
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Eumorphotis sp. Bittner 1901 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Towapteria sp. Nakazawa and Newell 1968 oyster
Bakevellia sp. King 1848 oyster
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
"Bellerophon vaceki" = Warthia vaceki
"Bellerophon vaceki" = Warthia vaceki Bittner 1899 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Coelostylinidae
Coelostylina sp. Kittl 1894 snail