ammonites
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 (268.0 - 265.0 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