Marmaron Bay, Bed G 2416, Unit 3, Chios (Permian of Greece)

Where: Greece (38.5° N, 26.1° E: paleocoordinates 12.0° S, 28.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gymnocodiacean Limestone Formation, Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)

• "Gymnocodiacean Limestone" of the Upper Unit of Chios Island. Likely equivalent to N. craticulifera zone with Verbeekina

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: L. Angiolini, L. Carabelli, and M. Gaetani. 2005. Middle Permian brachiopods from Greece and their palaeobiogeographical significance: new evidence for a Gondwanan affinity of the Chios Island Upper Unit. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 3(2):169-185 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 75541: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.10.2007, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida -
 Productida - Linoproductidae
 Productida - Richthofeniidae
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Martinia ceres Gemmellaro 1899
Martinia pusilla Gemmellaro 1899
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp. Brown 1849
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Stenoscisma sp. Conrad 1839
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp. King 1856
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Kotlaia aethopa Grant 1993