Where: Italy (37.6° N, 13.3° E: paleocoordinates 7.8° S, 20.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lercara Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• Specimens reworked with ostracods, conodonts, brachiopods, microforaminifers

•and palynomorphs of both Triassic and Permian ages. In the fine calcarenite levels, Lower Yakhatashian and Upper Midian–Lopingian fusulines can be found together with fragments of Tubiphytes and Archaeolithoporella and small Permian–Cordevolian? foraminifers. Associated conodont Mesogondolella siciliensis may indicate Kungurian age (not Roadian-Wordian).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithified, red shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Crasquin, L. Carcione, and R. Martini. 2008. Permian ostracods from the Lercara Formation (Middle Triassic-Carnian?), Sicily, Italy. Palaeontology 51:537-560 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 106546: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.03.2011

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