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Reworking of fusulinids and calcisphaerids in the Lercara Formation (Sicily, Italy); geological implications

Lucia CARCIONE, Daniel VACHARD, Rossana MARTINI, Louisette ZANINETTI, Benedetto ABATE, Giovanna LO CICERO & Loris MONTANARI

en Comptes Rendus Palevol 3 (5) - Pages 361-368

Published on 30 September 2004

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.


Keywords:

Permian, Triassic, Sicily, Fusulinids, Foraminifera, Reworks, Palaeobiogeography

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