Conodonts across the Permian-Triassic boundary in the Southern Alps
Conodonts across the Permian-Triassic boundary in the Southern Alps
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2003
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Maria Cristina Pfrri;E. Farabegoli
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Maria Cristina Pfrri;E. Farabegoli
The Tesero and Hulla sections (Dolomites, Italy) currently considered 01' pivotal importance l'or thc l'er mian-Triassic (P-T) boundary in the western Tethys were characterised hy a medium to high rate of shal low-marine sedimentation (5-)() cm k.y.-'). The thin, uppermost carbonate facies ofthe Permian Bellerophon Fmn (here named the "Bulla Mem ber") is bounded regionally by unconformable surfaces. The upper unconforrnity coincides with the base of the Werfen Fmn historically identificd with the P-T boundary. In the Bulla scction, it slightIy antedates (by 1.3 m) the P-T boundary-defined hy conodonts, specifically the firs! appearance of Hindeodus parvus. The Bulla Mbr yielded Hi. typicalis and Hi. praeparvus, extending their ranges above the P-T boundary into the Wcrfcn Fmn The conodont associations l'rom the lower part ofthe Werfen Fmn consist mainly ofhindcodids and isarciccllids showing graduai morphological change up-scction. The thickness and swcll1l1g ofthe basai cavity anu of th.e attachment area of the denticlcs-giving the conodont a swollen appearance-has been considercd laxonomically significant for uefining rorms to be grouped in Isareiee/la. Four ncw specics are describcd: Ifindeodus pisai. Isareicella lobala. Is. m(lala and Is. peculiaris. Seven conodont biozoncs have been discriminated, three are defined for the first time: Lower and Upper praeparvlIs. parvlIs. loba!a. slaesehei, isareica and aeqllabi/is zones. A possible lincagc between the genera Hindeodus and (mreicclla is suggested. JJi. praeparvus has been considered the anccstor of Hi. parvus, the last represcntativc offlindc odus in the Southern Alps. Ili. praeparvIIs is also ancestral to Isarcicella prisea tI'om which the subsequent Isarcicefla lineage evolved, namely Is. prisca to Is. turgida, Is. lobata, lI'. s!aeschei and Is. isarciea. The carbonate-terrigenous deposits around the P-T boundary oceur in thin (dm-m thick) depositional cycles, recording superimposed high frequency, fourth- (l 00 k.y. period) and fifth- (\ 0-25 k.y.) order cy cles driven by short-terrn sea-Ievel fluctuations. The main mass-extinction event occurred dunng the rapid sea-Ievel fall followed by sea-Ievel rise at the contact of the Belferophon and Werfen Fmns. The lowstand exhumed the top of the Bellerophon Fmn shallow-watcr carbonates resulting in moderate weathering and erosion ofbcdrock. Many remanie Perrnian fossils occur in the basai Werfen Fmn transgrcssive trae!. The high conodont diversity in the lower Tesero \llbr accords with rapid adaptative radiation following c1imatic change. On the basis ofour resu\ts, we propose thallhe Bulla section---(;haracterised by relatively abundant conodonts prccisely located in readily discriminahle high- depositional cycles-is the mosl rcliahle paras tratotype scction for the P-T boundary in the western Palaeotethys.