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REWORKING OF FUSULINIDS AND CALCIPHAERIDS IN THE LERCARA FORMATION (SICILY, ITALY); GEOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS

Giovanna Lo CiceroBenedetto AbateRossana MartiniLucia CarcioneLoris MontanariDaniel VachardLouisette Zaninetti

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010506 paleontologyFusulinidaePaleozoicPermianForaminifèresPermianForaminiferaBiostratigraphy010502 geochemistry & geophysics01 natural sciencesPermienForaminiferaPaleontologyPalaeobiogeographyCarboniferousPhanerozoicddc:550TriasFusulinid14. Life underwaterSicilyComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS0105 earth and related environmental sciencesbiologyRemaniementsReworkGeneral Engineeringbiology.organism_classificationTriassicFusulinesSicile[SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]Period (geology)GeologyPaléobiogéographie

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Different fusulinids have been identified in the Lercara Formation (Sicily). They are: Reichelina sp., Schubertella paramelonica, Toriyamaia (?) sp., Neofusulinella lantenoisi, Yangchienia compressa, Rauserella staffi, Darvasites contractus, Chalaroschwagerina (Taiyuanella?) aff. davalensis, Levenella aff. evoluta, Pamirina darvasica, and Neoschwagerina ex gr. craticulifera. Small Permian foraminifers, as well as the calcispherid Asterosphaera pulchra also exist. The microfossils indicate reworking of different Permian stages, at different periods of time, and possibly also of the Mississippian (Early Carboniferous). All these resediments have been deposited within the Lercara Formation, a series definitely belonging to the Triassic period. Therefore, due to this reworking, Sicily appears as a controversial area for establishing biostratigraphic and palaeobiogeographic correlations in the Permian period. To cite this article: L. Carcione et al., C.R.Palevol 3 (2004).

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2004-09-01
10.1016/j.crpv.2004.04.003http://hdl.handle.net/10447/28658