Rocca di San Benedetto, calcare grossolano, Sosio (Permian of Italy)

Where: Italy (37.7° N, 13.4° E: paleocoordinates 5.5° S, 21.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: G. G. Gemmellaro. 1889. La Fauna dei Calcari Con Fusulina della Valle del Fiume Sosio nella Provincia di Palermo, Fasc 2. Nautiloidea e Gastropoda. Giornale di Scienze Naturali e Economiche 20:97-182 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 108675: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.05.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
"Loxonema" varicosum n. sp. Gemmellaro 1889 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Pleurotomaria (Plocostoma) josephinia" = Plocostoma josephinia, ""Pleurotomaria" mariani" = Shwedagonia mariana, ""Pleurotomaria" trinchesii" = Ptychomphalina trinchesil
"Pleurotomaria (Plocostoma) josephinia" = Plocostoma josephinia Gemmellaro 1889 snail
""Pleurotomaria" mariani" = Shwedagonia mariana Gemmellaro 1889 snail
""Pleurotomaria" trinchesii" = Ptychomphalina trinchesil Gemmellaro 1889 snail
 Trochoidea - Ataphridae
""Chrysostoma" howsei" = Ataphrus howsei
""Chrysostoma" howsei" = Ataphrus howsei Gemmellaro 1889 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
"Chrysostoma" tornatum Gemmellaro 1889 top snail
 Cycloneritida - Trachyspiridae
"Trachyspira acanthicum n. sp." = Trachyspira delphinuloides, "Platycheilus pygmaeus" = Trachyspira pygmaeus
"Trachyspira acanthicum n. sp." = Trachyspira delphinuloides Gemmellaro 1889 snail
"Platycheilus pygmaeus" = Trachyspira pygmaeus Gemmellaro 1889 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis waageni Gemmellaro 1889 snail
Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia guembeli1 Gemmellaro 1896 clam
Edmondia multilamellosa1 Gemmellaro 1896 clam
 Pectinida - Limatulinidae
"Limatulina" aspera n. sp.1 Gemmellaro 1896 scallop
"Limatulina" consanguinea1 Gemmellaro 1896 scallop
 Pectinida - Annuliconchidae
"Aviculopecten acanthicus" = Annuliconcha acanthica1
"Aviculopecten acanthicus" = Annuliconcha acanthica1 Gemmellaro 1896 scallop
 Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
"Pseudomonotis fimbriata" = Girtypecten fimbriata1
"Pseudomonotis fimbriata" = Girtypecten fimbriata1 Gemmellaro 1896 scallop
 Pectinida - Limipectinidae
"Avicula josephinae" = Acanthopecten josephinae1
"Avicula josephinae" = Acanthopecten josephinae1 Gemmellaro 1896 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima" connectens1 Gemmellaro 1896 file clam
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Geinitzia catherinae1 Gemmellaro 1896 clam
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Arceodomidae
"Conocardium fritschi" = Arceodomus fritschi1, "Conocardium siculum" = Arceodomus siculum1
"Conocardium fritschi" = Arceodomus fritschi1 Gemmellaro 1890
"Conocardium siculum" = Arceodomus siculum1 Gemmellaro 1890
Strophomenata
 Productida - Gemmellaroiidae
"Megarhynchus marii" = Gemmellaroia marii2
"Megarhynchus marii" = Gemmellaroia marii2 Gemmellaro 1894
 Productida - Scacchinellidae
Scacchinella depressa2 Gemmellaro 1891
Scacchinella variabilis2 Gemmellaro 1891
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
"Spiriferina margaritae" = Paraspiriferina multiplicata3
"Spiriferina margaritae" = Paraspiriferina multiplicata3 Sowerby 1829
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
"Spiriferina" tornata n. sp.3 Gemmellaro 1899
 Orthida - Enteletidae
"Enteletes waageni" = Enteletes waageni3 Gemmellaro 1899
"Enteletes contractus" = Enteletes waageni3 Gemmellaro 1899
Enteletes tschernyschewi3 Gemmellaro 1899
Enteletes elegans3 Gemmellaro 1899
Enteletes meridionalis3 Gemmellaro 1899
Enteletes oehlerti3 Gemmellaro 1899
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Martinia lamellosa3 Gemmellaro 1899
Martinia aviformis3 Gemmellaro 1899
Martinia umbonata3 Gemmellaro 1899
Martinia polymorpha3 Gemmellaro 1899
Martinia orbicularis3 Gemmellaro 1899
Martinia semiramis3 Gemmellaro 1899
Martinia variabilis3 Gemmellaro 1899
Martinia rupicola3 Gemmellaro 1899
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
"Spirifer" battu3 Gemmellaro 1899
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Reticularia inaequilateralis" = Permophricodothyris inaequilateralis3
"Reticularia inaequilateralis" = Permophricodothyris inaequilateralis3 Gemmellaro 1899
 Terebratulida - Gillediidae
Hemiptychina pygmaea3 Gemmellaro 1899
 Terebratulida - Heterelasminidae
"Hemiptychina genuflexa" = Heterelasmina genuflexa3, "Hemiptychina dieneri" = Heterelasmina dieneri3, "Rhaetina lepton" = Mimaria lepton3
"Hemiptychina genuflexa" = Heterelasmina genuflexa3 Gemmellaro 1899
"Hemiptychina dieneri" = Heterelasmina dieneri3 Gemmellaro 1899
"Rhaetina lepton" = Mimaria lepton3 Gemmellaro 1899
 Terebratulida - Notothyrididae
Rostranteris sinuatum3 Gemmellaro 1899
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
"Camarophoria semiplicata" = Stenoscisma semiplicata3
"Camarophoria semiplicata" = Stenoscisma semiplicata3 Gemmellaro 1899
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
"Rhynchonella" negrii3 Gemmellaro 1899
"Rhynchonella" sosiensis3 Gemmellaro 1899
"Rhynchonella" carapezzae3 Gemmellaro 1899
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
"Uncinulus siculus" = Uncinunellina siculus3
"Uncinulus siculus" = Uncinunellina siculus3 Gemmellaro 1899