Sample LE3, Lehusis Section, Hydra (Permian of Greece)

Where: Greece (37.3° N, 23.5° E: paleocoordinates 8.8° S, 26.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lime mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Collection methods: bulk, 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 64174: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.09.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Sebargasiidae
? Amblysiphonella sp. Steinmann 1882 demosponge
Hydrozoa
  -
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Based on 50 ossicles per individual
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
"Orthotichia" sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Heterostropha - Streptacididae
Streptacis sp. Meek 1871 snail
 Cycloneritida - Trachyspiridae
Trachydomia sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis sp. M'Coy 1844 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Goniasmatidae
Platyzona sp. Knight 1945 snail
"Stegocoelia" sp. Donald 1889 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Orthonematidae
Orthonema sp. Meek and Worthen 1862 snail
 Cerithimorpha - Orthonemidae
Palaeostylus sp. Mansuy 1914 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae
"Meekospira" sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Girtyspira sp. Knight 1936 snail
 Bellerophontida -
Bellerophontida indet. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Soleniscus sp. Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Glabrocingulum sp. Thomas 1940 snail
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella sp. Hall 1858 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Leptodesma sp. Hall 1883 oyster
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon sp. Meek and Hayden 1860 clam