During the Mississippian black lydites were sedimented in the Rhenish Massif in Germany.Schwarz, A. (1928). Die Natur des culmischen Kieselschiefers. Abh. senckenberg. naturf. Ges., 41, p. 191-241 The Lower Permian of Sicily hosts radiolarites in limestone olistoliths,Catalano, R. et al. (1991). Permian circumpacific deep-water faunas from the western Tethys (Sicily, Italy) - New evidences for the position of the Permian Tethys. Palaeogeogr. Palaeocli. Palaeoeco., 87, p. 75-108 at the same period radiolarites have been reported from northwestern Turkey (Karakaya complex of the Pontides). Radiolarites from the Phyllite Zone of Crete date back to the Middle Permian.Kozur, H. & Krahl, J. (1987). Erster Nachweis von Radiolarien im tethyalen Perm Europas. N. Jb. Geol. Paläontol. Abh., 174, p. 357-372 The radiolarites from the Hawasina nappes in Oman closed the end of the Permian.De Wever, P. et al. (1988). Permian age of the radiolarites from the Hawasina nappes. Oman Mountains. Geology, 16, p. 912-914 Towards the end of the Paleozoic radiolarites formed also along the southern margin of Laurasia near Mashad in Iran.Ruttner, A.E. (1991). The southern borderland of Laurasia in NE Iran. Editors: European Union of Geosciences, Strasbourg. Terra Abstracts, 3, p. 256-257
