Where: Greece (37.3° N, 23.4° E: paleocoordinates 8.7° S, 26.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Episkopi Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; wackestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with silica
Collection methods: chemical,
Primary reference: M. E. Clapham and D. J. Bottjer. 2007. Permian marine paleoecology and its implications for large-scale decoupling of brachiopod and bivalve abundance and diversity during the Lopingian (Late Permian). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 249:283-301 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 64171: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.09.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Rugosa indet. horn coral | |
Strophomenata | |
Tropidelasma ptomatis Grant 1995
Schuchertella bassa Grant 1995 | |
Sicelia explicata Grant 1995 | |
Haydenella kiangsiensis Kayser 1883 | |
? Spinomarginifera sp. Huang 1932 | |
Leptodus sp. Kayser 1883 | |
Epicelia episcopiensis Grant 1972 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Terebratuloidea davidsoni Waagen 1883
Terebratuloidea minor Waagen 1883
Gerassimovia sp. Licharew 1956 | |
Glyptorhynchia velifer Gemmellaro 1899 | |
? Dielasma sp. King 1856 | |
Cyrtinidae indet. Fredericks 1912
Licharewina josephinae Gemmellaro 1899 | |
Petinospiriferina subtriangularis n. gen. Schellwien 1900 | |
Crenispirifer alpheus Huang 1933 | |
Paraspiriferina cellulana Cooper and Grant 1976
Paraspiriferina multiplicata Sowerby 1829 | |
Hustedia episkopiensis n. sp.
Hustedia episkopiensis n. sp. Shen and Clapham 2009 | |
Juxathyris guizhouensis Liao 1980
Xenosaria tenuis n. sp. Shen and Clapham 2009 | |
Orbicoelia fraterculus Waterhouse and Piyasin 1970 | |
Martinia cf. elegans Diener 1897 | |
Enteletes tschernyschewi Gemmellaro 1899 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Acanthocladia sp. King 1849 | |
Bivalvia | |
Phestia sp. Chernyshev 1951 clam | |
Pegmavalvula sp. Newell and Boyd 1970 scallop | |
Heteropecten sp. Kegel and Costa 1951 scallop | |
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Permoperna sp. Nakazawa and Newell 1968 oyster | |
Grammatodon sp. Meek and Hayden 1860 clam | |
? Promytilus sp. Newell 1942 mussel | |
Tergomya | |
Lepetopsis sp. Whitfield 1882 | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Bellerophontida indet. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail | |
Soleniscus sp. Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
Strobeus sp. de Koninck 1881 snail | |
Lamellospira sp. Batten 1958 snail
? Worthenia sp. de Koninck 1883 snail | |
Porcellia sp. Léveillé 1835 snail | |
Palaeostylus sp. Mansuy 1914 snail | |
Platyzona sp. Knight 1945 snail | |
Orthonema sp. Meek and Worthen 1862 snail | |
Anomphalus sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 snail | |
Straparella sp. Fischer 1885 snail | |
Streptacis sp. Meek 1871 snail | |
Trachydomia sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 snail | |
Cephalopoda | |
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid | |
Lopingoceras sp. Shimanskiy 1962 | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily |