Pietra di Salomone megablock, Sosio Valley, Sicily: Wordian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ascidiacea - Khmeriamorpha - Khmeriidae
Permosoma tuberculatum Greco 1935
Permosoma tunicatum Jaekel 1918
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Stenolaemata - Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Tabulipora sp.
Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Dyscritellidae
Pseudobatostomella sp.
Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Goniocladiidae
Goniocladia sp. Etheridge 1876
Ernst 2000
Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae
Rhabdomeson sp.
Ernst 2000
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Hyphasmoporidae
Streblotrypa sp.
Ernst 2000
Streblascopora sp. Bassler 1929
spelled with current rank as Streblotrypa (Streblascopora)
Hydrozoa - Nigriporellidae
Tubiphytes carinthiacus
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophocarinophyllum cf. acanthiseptum Grabau 1922
Hexactinellida - Amphidiscosa - Pattersoniidae
Pattersonia genista
Pattersonia permosicula
Calcarea - Calcaronea - Endostomatidae
Corynella turbo
synonym of Endostoma
Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Tebagathalamiidae
Graminospongia girtyi (Parona 1933)
Paronaespongia adrianensis (Parona 1933)
    = Tebagathalamia cylindrica Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
Rigby et al. 1989
Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Imbricatocoelia cf. elongata Rigby et al. 1989
Colospongia paronae Aleotti et al. 1986
Colospongia cortexifera Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
Aleotti et al. 1986
Colospongia salinaria (Waagen and Wentzel 1888)
Uvothalamia planiinvoluta Senowbari-Daryan 1990
Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Verticillitidae
Stylothalamia permica Senowbari-Daryan 1990
Demospongiae - Anthaspidellidae
Palaeojerea molengraaffi
listed as Palaeojarea molengraaffi
Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Haplistiidae
Pemmatites mediterraneus
Pemmatites osculiferus
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Virgolidae
Intratubospongia osiensis (de Gregorio 1930)
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Sebargasiidae
Laccosiphonella n. gen. merlai (Parona 1933)
Aleotti et al. 1986
Amblysiphonella ? permosicula (Parona 1933)
synonym of Laccosiphonella merlai
Amblysiphonella vesiculosa (de Koninck 1863)
Pseudoguadalupia alveolaris (Parona 1933)
Aleotti et al. 1986
Amblysiphonella clathrata Parona 1933
synonym of Pseudoguadalupia alveolaris
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Stellispongiellidae
Stellispongia lobata Parona 1933
recombined as Prestellispongia lobata
Stellispongia permica Parona 1933
recombined as Prestellispongia permica
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Preperonidellidae
Corynella ovoidalis Parona 1933
recombined as Permocorynella ovoidalis
Lercaritubus problematicus Flugel et al. 1990
Precorynella crysanthemum (Parona 1933)
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Solenolmiidae
Solenolmia permica Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Intrasporeocoeliidae
Preverticillites columnella Parona 1933
    = Intrasporeocoelia hubeiensis Fan and Zhang 1985
Senowbari-Daryan and Ingavat-Helmcke 1994
Intrasporeocoelia hubeiensis Fan and Zhang 1985
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Guadalupiidae
Guadalupia cidarites Parona 1933
Aleotti et al. 1986
Cystothalamia adrianensis Senowbari-Daryan 1990
Cystothalamia distefanoi Senowbari-Daryan 1990
Cystothalamia nodulifera Girty 1908
Discosiphonella mammilosa
Lemonea cylindrica (Girty 1908)
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae
Sollasia dussaulti Mansuy 1914
Aleotti et al. 1986
synonym of Sollasia ostiolata
Demospongiae - Hadromerida - Polysiphonidae
Arbuscula contortiplicata Parona 1933
recombined as Arbusculana contortiplicata
Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Heliospongiidae
cf. Heliospongia ramosa Girty 1908
unclassified
Tubiphytes obscurus Maslov 1956
recombined as Shamovella obscura
Cyanophyceae - Aphralysiaceae
Archaeolithoporella sp. Endo 1959
Rhodophyceae - Gymnocodiaceae
Permocalculus kanmerai
Permocalculus fragilis (Pia 1937)
Rhodophyceae - Solenoporaceae
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877
Pycnoporidium sp. Yabe and Toyama 1928
Parachaetetes lamellatus Konishi 1954
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales
Pseudoepimastopora cf. ampullacea
Pseudoepimastopora iwaizakensis
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Macroporella sp. Pia 1912
Gyroporella ? igoi
Mizzia cornuta
Mizzia velebitana Schubert 1908
Salopekiella sp. Herak 1965
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Seletonellaceae
Epimastopora densipora
Epimastopora piae
Epimastopora hunzaensis
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales
Connexia sp. Kochansky Devide 1970
Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Eugonophyllum sp. Konishi and Wray 1961
Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Codiaceae
Ivanovia sp. Khvorova 1946
unclassified
Rugososchwagerina yabei
Nodosariata - Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Nodosaria sp. Lamarck 1812
unclassified
Lasiotrochus tatoensis
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Cornuspiridae
Hemigordiopsis sp. Reichel 1945
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Hemigordiopsidae
Agathammina sp. Neumayr 1887
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Baisalinidae
Baisalina cf. pulchra
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Milioliporidae
Kamurana sp.
Hormosinidae
Reophax sp. Montfort 1808
Ammodiscidae
Glomospira sp. Rzehak 1895
unclassified
Langella sp. Sellier de Civrieux and Dessauvagie 1965
Palaeotextulariidae
Climacammina sp. Brady 1873
Deckerella sp.
Cribrogenerina sp.
Biseriamminidae
Globivalvulina sp. Schubert 1921
Schwagerinidae
Pseudofusulina anachrona
Pseudofusulina dainelli
Chusenella (Sosioella) sosioensis
Chusenella (Sosioella) intermedia
Chusenella (Sosioella) glenisteri Skinner and Wilde 1966
Boultoniidae
Boultonia sp. Lee 1927
Minojapanella (Wutuella) sp. Fujimoto and Kanuma 1953
Dunbarula matthieui
Staffellidae
Kahlerina siciliana Skinner and Wilde 1966
Verbeekinidae
Verbeekina furnishi
Ozawainellidae
Reichelina sp. Erk 1941
Parareichelina sp. Miklukho-Maclay 1959
Rauserella staffi
Neoschwagerinidae
Sumatrina gemmellaroi
Neoschwagerina cf. glintzboekeli
Neoschwagerina sosioensis
Neoschwagerina cf. tebagensis
Neoschwagerina margaritae Deprat 1913
Neoschwagerina cf. haydeni Dutkevich and Khabakov 1934
Yabeina sp. (Deprat 1914)
Schubertellidae
Yangchienia sp.
Yangchienia thompsoni
Schubertella sp. Staff and Wedekind 1910
Schubertella silvestri
Tuberitinidae
Tuberitina sp.
Lasiodiscidae
Lasiodiscus minor
Archaediscidae
Permodiscus sp.
Tetrataxidae
Tetrataxis sp. Ehrenberg 1854
Pachyphloiidae
Pachyphloia sp. Lange 1925
Geinitzinidae
Geinitzina sp.
Endothyridae
Neoendothyra sp.
unclassified
Paronaespongia calogerii (Parona 1933)
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy
Coordinates: 37.7° North, 13.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.5° South, 21.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Guadalupian
Stage:Wordian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 4
Key time interval:Wordian
Age range of interval:266.90000 - 264.28000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "reef rocks"
Secondary lithology: lithified rudstone
Environment:platform/shelf-margin reef
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 250
Database number:75474
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, M. Clapham Enterer:U. Merkel, W. Kiessling, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate,micropaleontology,mid-Pz
Created:2007-10-11 04:59:22 Last modified:2013-05-23 04:04:32
Access level:the public Released:2007-10-11 04:59:22
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
25469. E. Flügel, P. di Stefano, and B. Senowbari-Daryan. 1991. Microfacies and depositional structure of allochthonous carbonate base-of-slope deposits: The Late Permian Pietra di Salomone megablock, Sosio Valley (Western Sicily). Facies 25:36-48 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

33425 G. Aleotti, G. Dieci, and F. Russo. 1986. Eponges permiennes de la vallee de Sosio (Sicile): revision systematique des sphinctozoaires. Annales de Paléontologie 72(3):211-246 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
17614 A. Ernst. 2000. Permian Bryozoans of the NW-Tethys. Facies 43:79-102 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
35956 H. W. Flügel. 1980. Permosoma Jaekel 1918, ein Problematikum aus dem Perm Siziliens. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 167:1-9 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
27855 G. G. Gemmellaro. 1888. La Fauna dei Calcari Con Fusulina della Valle del Fiume Sosio nella Provincia di Palermo, Appendice. Giornale di Scienze Naturali e Economiche 20:1-26 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
12752 J. K. Rigby, J. Fan, and W. Zhang. 1989. Sphinctozoan sponges from the Permian reefs of South China. Journal of Paleontology 63(4):404-439 [W. Kiessling/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]
33656 G. Ruggieri. 1959. Una nuova trilobite del Permiano del Sosio (Sicilia). Memorie degli Istituti di Geologia e Mineralogia dell' Universita di Padova 21:1-10 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
9169 B. Senowbari-Daryan and R. Ingavat-Helmcke. 1994. Sponge assemblage of some Upper Permian reef limestones from Phrae province (Northern Thailand). Geologija 36:5-59 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]