Vászoly P-11a, bed 6 (Triassic of Hungary)

Where: Veszprem, Hungary (46.9° N, 17.8° E: paleocoordinates 1.4° N, 29.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Reitziites reitzi ammonoid zone, Dorgicse Formation, Illyrian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• Felsoeoersensis subzone. The newly exposed trench reveals a sequence of about 6m in thickness, belonging to the Dorgicse Formation (somewhat equivalent of the formerly used "Buchenstein Beds" overlying the Anisian Megyehegy Dolomite Formation.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• brownish biodetrital limestone, rich in brachiopods

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Vörös and J. Pálfy. 1989. The Anisian/Ladinian boundary in the Vászoly section (Balaton Highland, Hungary). Fragmenta Mineralogica et Palaeontologica 14:17-27 [D. Bottjer/N. Bonuso/J. Pálfy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 43672: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Nicole Bonuso on 22.08.2004, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Ptychitidae
Flexoptychites flexuosus von Mojsisovics 1882 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Noritidae
"Norites dieneri" = Norites gondola
"Norites dieneri" = Norites gondola Mojsisovics 1869 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Ceratitidae
Kellnerites cf. bosnensis Hauer 1888 ceratite
Lardaroceras krystyni Balini 1992 ceratite
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Mentzeliidae
Mentzelia mentzeli Dunker 1851
28 specimens are M. mentzeli baconica
Mentzelia aff. ampla Bittner 1890
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
 Athyridida - Diplospirellidae
Pexidella cf. sturi Boeckh 1873
 Terebratulida - Angustothyrididae
 Rhynchonellida - Sinorhynchiidae
Volirhynchia vivida Bittner 1890
 Rhynchonellida - Austrirhynchidae
 Rhynchonellida - Norellidae
Norella aff. rosaliae Salomon 1895
Norella refractifrons Bittner 1890