Vasicek,Z. & Kullmann,J.:

      [An ammonoid fauna of the Sosio type (Guadalupian, Upper Permain) from Kurdistan (Iraq).]

     Abstract: A small isolated locality with red limestones in Kurdistan (NE Iraq) yielded a rich ammonoid fauna with
    17 species of 10 goniatitid and 4 prolecanitid genera; ceratites are absent.  New are the genus Kurdiceras n. g.,
    its type species K. latum n. g. et n. sp. and Sizilites kurdistanensis n.sp. All other faunal elements are
    identical with forms described from Sosio, Sicily (Italy), which is closest in its ammonoid diversity.  It belongs
   also in the Wordian stage, Lower Guadalupian.  This new fauna proves the wide distribution of the Tethyan pelagic
   facies in the basal Upper Permian.