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)
• Sample is single float block, derived from narrow stratigraphic interval bearing silicified fossils.
• 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 64176: 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 | |
unclassified | |
Porifera indet. Grant 1836 | |
Polyplacophora | |
Helminthochiton sp. Salter 1846 chiton | |
Gastropoda | |
Soleniscus sp. Meek and Worthen 1860 snail | |
Spiroscala sp. Knight 1945 snail | |
Shansiella sp. Yin 1932 snail | |
Ananias sp. Knight 1945 snail
Glabrocingulum sp. Thomas 1940 snail | |
Palaeostylus sp. Mansuy 1914 snail | |
Girtyspira sp. Knight 1936 snail
Meekospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail | |
Donaldina sp. Knight 1933 snail | |
Bellerophontida indet. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail | |
Anomphalus sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nuculopsis sp. Girty 1912 nut clam | |
Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam | |
Phestia sp. Chernyshev 1951 clam | |
? Schizodus sp. King 1844 clam | |
Astartella sp. Hall 1858 clam | |
Edmondia sp. de Koninck 1841 clam | |
Permophorus sp. Chavan 1954 clam | |
Grammatodon sp. Meek and Hayden 1860 clam | |
Leptodesma sp. Hall 1883 oyster | |
Bakevellia sulcata Geinitz 1866 oyster
Tambanella sp. Nakazawa and Newell 1968 oyster | |
? Cyrtorostra sp. Branson 1930 scallop | |
Etheripecten sp. Waterhouse 1963 scallop | |
Streblopteria sp. McCoy 1851 scallop | |
Cephalopoda | |
Prolecanitida indet. Miller and Furnish 1954 ammonite | |
Strophomenata | |
Leptodus sp. Kayser 1883 | |
Cyndalia rudistiformis Grant 1993 | |
Cooperina sp. Termier 1967 | |
Transennatia gratiosa Waagen 1884 | |
Cathaysia chonetoides Chao 1927 | |
Waterhouseiella hydraensis n. sp.
Waterhouseiella hydraensis n. sp. Shen and Clapham 2009 | |
Goniarina sp. Cooper and Grant 1969 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Licharewina josephinae Gemmellaro 1899 | |
"Acosarina aethopa" = Kotlaia aethopa
"Acosarina aethopa" = Kotlaia aethopa Grant 1993 | |
Orbicoelia fraterculus Waterhouse and Piyasin 1970 | |
Hustedia episkopiensis Shen and Clapham 2009 | |
Disphenia myiodes Grant 1988 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Fenestrata indet. Elias and Condra 1957 | |
? Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882 | |
Polychaeta | |
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800 |