ammonites
Tesero Te-14 (Permian of Italy)

Also known as Tesero T7B

Where: Italy (46.3° N, 11.5° E: paleocoordinates 4.4° N, 25.3° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• parallel-bedded dolomicrites
• dark fossiliferous packstone, bioturbated wackestone and thin-bedded, clayey siltstones

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

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 84169: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Sophie Jankowski on 19.09.2008, edited by Matthew Clapham