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 106547: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.03.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda | |
Lethiersa sinusoventralis n. gen. n. sp., Lethiersa salomonensis n. sp.
Lethiersa sinusoventralis n. gen. n. sp. Crasquin 2008 ostracod
Lethiersa salomonensis n. sp. Crasquin 2008 ostracod | |
Fabalicypris "sp. 3", Fabalicypris blumenstengeli n. sp., ? Fabalicypris gruendeli, Bairdia cf. austriaca, Bairdia "sp. 3", Bairdia "sp. 2", Bairdia portellaensis n. sp., Bairdia altiarcus
Fabalicypris "sp. 3" ostracod
Fabalicypris blumenstengeli n. sp. Crasquin 2008 ostracod
? Fabalicypris gruendeli Crasquin 2008 ostracod
Bairdia "sp. 3" M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Bairdia "sp. 2" M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Bairdia portellaensis n. sp. Crasquin 2008 ostracod
Bairdia altiarcus Chen 1958 ostracod | |
Bairdiocypris "sp. 1" Kegel 1932 ostracod
Praepilatina cf. adamczaki Olempska 1979 ostracod | |
Healdia cf. anterodepressa Blumenstengel 1965 ostracod
Marginohealdia "sp. nov. 2" ostracod
Marginopsis cf. marginella ostracod | |
Aurigerites siciliaensis n. sp.
Aurigerites siciliaensis n. sp. Crasquin 2008 ostracod | |
Siciliella prima n. gen. n. sp., Siciliella spinorobusta n. sp., Siciliella elongata n. sp., Siciliella infernespinosa n. sp., Siciliella quadrata n. sp., ? Anahuacia lercaraensis n. sp., Cristanaria katyae n. sp., Portella trapezoida n. gen. n. sp.
Siciliella prima n. gen. n. sp. Crasquin 2008 ostracod
Siciliella spinorobusta n. sp. Crasquin 2008 ostracod
Siciliella elongata n. sp. Crasquin 2008 ostracod
Siciliella infernespinosa n. sp. Crasquin 2008 ostracod
Siciliella quadrata n. sp. Crasquin 2008 ostracod
? Anahuacia lercaraensis n. sp. Crasquin 2008 ostracod
Cristanaria katyae n. sp. Crasquin 2008 ostracod
Portella trapezoida n. gen. n. sp. Crasquin 2008 ostracod |