Sosio Limestone near Palazzo Adriano (SUI coll) (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

Reposited in the SUI

Primary reference: C. Spinosa, W.M. Furnish, and B.F. Glenister. 1975. The Xenodiscidae, Permian ceratitoid ammonoids. Journal of Paleontology 49(2):239-283 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 136215: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.11.2012

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Paraceltitidae
Paraceltites hoeferi Gemmellaro 1887 ceratite
 Goniatitida - Pseudohaloritidae
Sosioceras pygmaeum Gemmellaro 1888 ammonite