USNM9261, Episkopi, Hydra Island (Permian of Greece)

Where: Greece (37.3° N, 23.4° E: paleocoordinates 8.7° S, 26.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Episkopi Formation (Barmari Group), Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified packstone and lithified wackestone

• 55 m of stratified fine grained bioclastic lime packstone with sponge spicules, crinoids, calcareous algae, and foraminifers, characterized by flat to round shaped cherts. Overlain by 10 m of grey nodular lime wackestone and then by 30 m of well bedded lime wackestone-packstone with marly interbeds.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Collection methods: bulk, chemical,

Primary reference: R. E. Grant. 1972. The lophophore and feeding mechanism of the Productidina (Brachiopoda). Journal of Paleontology 46(2):213-249 [T. Oakley/T. Oakley]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 109350: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.05.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Strophomenata
 Productida - Cooperinidae
Epicelia episcopiensis n. gen., Ceocypea dischides n. gen., Falafer triminulus n. sp., Falafer epidelus n. gen.
Epicelia episcopiensis n. gen. Grant 1972
Ceocypea dischides n. gen. Grant 1972
Falafer triminulus n. sp. Grant 1972
Falafer epidelus n. gen. Grant 1972
Ostracoda
 Halocyprida - Thaumatocyprididae
Thaumatomma piscifrons n. sp.
Thaumatomma piscifrons n. sp. Kornicker and Sohn 1976 ostracod
Incorrectly 9260 in Kornicker & Sohn, 1976