Where: Italy (46.6° N, 11.6° E: paleocoordinates 4.5° N, 25.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bulla Member (Bellerophon Formation), Changhsingian (254.0 - 252.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified packstone and lithified wackestone

Size class: macrofossils

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/S. Jankowski] more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84131: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 18.09.2008, edited by Matthew Clapham