New Early Permian fusulinid assemblage from Guatemala

A Latest Sakmarian-Earliest Artinskian (i.e. Late Wolfcampian) fusulinid as semblage, mainly composed of Levenella (?) and Pseudofusulinoides, has been discovered in the Purulha area, Guatemala. it contains some Tethyan specie s never described in America, mixed with more classical cratonic North Amer ican species. Palaeobiogeographically, this association allows improved cor relations between the American and Tethyan faunistic provinces, and provide evidence of repetitive fusulinid and alga migrations during the Permian th rough Palaeopacifica, from the eastern Asian Blocks to the Chortis Block. ( C) 2000 Academie des sciences/Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS.