Rupe del Passo di Burgio, Sosio Valley (Permian of Italy)

Where: Italy (37.6° N, 13.3° E: paleocoordinates 5.4° S, 21.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified limestone

• big blocks (tectonic klippen) of Middle Permian limestones
• light-coloured, ammonoid-bearing limestones

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: sieve,

Primary reference: H. Kozur and H. Mostler. 1989. Echinoderm remains from the Middle Permian (Wordian) from Sosio Valley (western Sicily). Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 132:677-685 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97875: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 04.09.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Ellisoniidae
 Ozarkodinida - Gondolellidae
Mesogondolella siciliensis Kozur 1975 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Anchignathodontidae
Hindeodus sp. Rexroad and Furnish 1964 conodont
Pediculicaudina siciliensis
  - Pediculacaudinidae
Pediculicaudina siciliensis n. gen. n. sp. Kozur and Mostler 1989
Tubocaudina longitubus
  - Tubocaudinidae
Tubocaudina longitubus n. gen. n. sp.
Tubocaudina longitubus n. gen. n. sp. Kozur and Mostler 1989
Ophiocistioidea
  - Rotasacciidae
Microantyx pseudobotoni n. sp. Kozur and Mostler 1989
Microantyx sosioensis n. sp. Kozur and Mostler 1989
Pararotasaccus permicus n. gen. n. sp. Kozur and Mostler 1989
Holothuroidea
  - Semperitidae
Bicornuticaudina burgioensis n. gen. n. sp. Kozur and Mostler 1989 sea cucumber
 Dendrochirotida - Calclamnidae
Eocaudina septaforaminalis Martin 1952 sea cucumber
 Apodida - Chiridotidae
Theelia mesopermiana n. sp. Kozur and Mostler 1989 sea cucumber
  - Priscopedatidae
Staurocumites tetraporatus n. sp. Kozur and Mostler 1989 sea cucumber
Ophiuroidea
  -
Calclyra gracilis n. sp. Kozur and Mostler 1989 brittle star
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Cyclolobidae
Waagenoceras sp. Gemmellaro 1887 ammonite